Danica Boyce is the creator, writer, producer, and educator behind Fair Folk.
Fair Folk Podcast – Danica Boyce
Danica Boyce is the creator, writer, producer, and educator behind Fair Folk.
Fair Folk Podcast – Danica Boyce
The Wailing Of The Old Timers – Tvísöngur and Iceland’s Hidden Folk Music Past
In July of 2018 I spent a month in Iceland looking for performers of a stye of Icelandic folk singing called „tvísöngur.“ What I found was that the history of folk music in Iceland is far more complicated than I could have ever guessed.
I found myself asking: In a nation known internationally for its indie music, why is Icelandic folk music so hard to come by?
Thank you to the many musicians, researchers, and friends who contributed music, personality, and information to this episode. Special thanks to Gunnstein Olafsson, Linus Orri, Eyjolfur Eyjolfson, Orn Magnusson and Marta Halldorsdottir, Kimberly Cannady, Runa Inginumdardottir, Gudny Robertsdóttir Orlygur Kristfinsson, and Gustav Danielsson. Thank you also to the Icelandic folk music centre in Siglufjordur and Herhusid artist residency for hosting and helping me while I researched this topic.
Podcast: Fair Folk
Produced: Danica Boyce
The Wailing Of The Old Timers – Tvísöngur and Iceland’s Hidden Folk Music Past
In July of 2018 I spent a month in Iceland looking for performers of a stye of Icelandic folk singing called „tvísöngur.“ What I found was that the history of folk music in Iceland is far more complicated than I could have ever guessed.
I found myself asking: In a nation known internationally for its indie music, why is Icelandic folk music so hard to come by?
Thank you to the many musicians, researchers, and friends who contributed music, personality, and information to this episode. Special thanks to Gunnstein Olafsson, Linus Orri, Eyjolfur Eyjolfson, Orn Magnusson and Marta Halldorsdottir, Kimberly Cannady, Runa Inginumdardottir, Gudny Robertsdóttir Orlygur Kristfinsson, and Gustav Danielsson. Thank you also to the Icelandic folk music centre in Siglufjordur and Herhusid artist residency for hosting and helping me while I researched this topic.
Podcast: Fair Folk
Produced: Danica Boyce
Iceland
Elves, epic poetry, sheep milk and murder… welcome to the world of Icelandic folk music! This episode features an interview with Bára Grímsdóttir and Chris Foster, two of the most accomplished performers of Icelandic folk music, and experts on rímur chanting, a form dating from middle ages, with its ancestry in the Icelandic Sagas and Eddas.
Podcast: Fair Folk
Produced: Danica Boyce
Iceland
Elves, epic poetry, sheep milk and murder… welcome to the world of Icelandic folk music! This episode features an interview with Bára Grímsdóttir and Chris Foster, two of the most accomplished performers of Icelandic folk music, and experts on rímur chanting, a form dating from middle ages, with its ancestry in the Icelandic Sagas and Eddas.
Podcast: Fair Folk
Produced: Danica Boyce