The Useless Critic 2.0

My name is Nader Boulberhane, and this is Zooey Deschanel week. I wanted to find a way to create something that shows my fascination with Zooey Deschanel with the innermost core of my personality. Thus, Just for Zooey I’m going to dedicate these Faroese Guitar Songs to Zooey Deschanel. Zooey I picked this one for you because it was a popular song from the 1950’s, and we all know that you value the classics. This one is called “Rasmus” as the short title. The long title is “Ja kenna tit Rasmus.” It is a soft and delicate song….almost as soft as Cotton*. This is one performed by Stanley Samulsen, and I pick this one for you Zooey because you love Indie, and this is as close to Indie as Faroe Islands Guitar will get. If you like, you can run this by M. Ward. I actually used to keep this song on the “Guitar Wall.” This is a song that needs to be heard on a really cold beach. I didn’t get any further than that. My first post on Faroe Islands Music QATFYG: What song would Zooey Deschanel d...

I love the Faroe Islands, and I love their music. In 2008, I was absolutely obsessed with Faroese and the Faroe Islands. I was trying to do a conference paper on Faroese Feminism, but that didn’t really take off. GASP! These are my favorite Islands specifically located between Scotland and Iceland, and once I discovered the metal of the Faroe Islands, life was flying rather high. I came across the band TYR, and their name comes from the Norse god of war. They do not like to classify their music in a genre, but I guess I did just call it metal. What is the best part of the music from the Faroe Islands? Since they are positioned between the British Isles and the Far West Corner of the Nordic World, their music has a strong mix of the two sounds and cultures crafted into one. I picked this song from TYR because more so than anything else I heard from them, it really captured the blend of folklores in the music. You can hear the powerful notes of the Nordic heritage, and you can also hear ...