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Podcast: Fair Folk Podcast
Episode: Iceland
Description: 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.
Music:
Opening theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods
Heyr Himna Smiður by Anneke van Giersbergen & Árstíðir
Icelandic Folk Songs: I. Iceland, Land of Prosperity by Duo Landon
Icelandic Folk Songs: VIII. The Virgin by Duo Landon
Nafnaþula by Sólvei...