Video interview with Hogni, a musician from the Faroe Islands

Written by Karen Bryan

When I was in Iceland earlier this week exploring Reykjavik I spotted a film crew in front of the Parliament building, Being nosy I wandered over to suss out what was happening. Hogni a musician from the Faroe Islands was about to shoot a music video for his song about the bubble bursting on the Icelandic banking industry with some scenes to be shot outside the Icelandic parliament. Hogni kindly agreed to do a video interview with me as the film crew prepared for the shoot. He explained that he was over in Iceland for the Airwaves Festival 2009.

Hogni now has a new fan in me. Here are a couple of his music videos which illustrate his versatility and talent.

Are you a Hogni fan? Have you seen him live?

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3 Responses to “Video interview with Hogni, a musician from the Faroe Islands”

1. Video interview with Krzysztof Paterka, Polish swimmer in Reykjavik, Iceland on October 26th, 2009 at 7:43 pm

   [...] to enjoy a free Winter Sun trip in the Canaries. That morning I’d met and interviewed Hogni, a musician from the Faroe Islands, who was in Reykjavik to attend Soundwaves 2009 and was about to [...]

2. Hjortur Smarason on October 29th, 2009 at 6:23 pm

   Yes, Karen. I’ve seen Hogni live. A great talent.

   I was at a concert in the Faroe Islands this spring where many Faroese musicians were performing, and I don’t think there is any other place on Earth where you’ll find as many musical talents gather in one tiny little place than in the Faroe Islands. They have a strong singing culture which brings up great talents.

   If you’re interested in learning more about Faroese musicians, search on YouTube or MySpace for Teitur, Eivør, Brandur Enni, Boys in a band and the extreme “ORKA”. Seeing ORKA live was quite an experience.

3. Karen Bryan on October 29th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

   Hjortur – I’dd love to see Hogni live after watching some of his youtube music videos I think his music is fantastic.

   Thanks for the tips about other talented Faroese musicians.

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