Yet the G! Festival — pronounced “Geh festival” in proper localese — has become a sort of Faroese Mardi Gras, a de facto national celebration of the country’s music and culture. In past years it has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Faroe Islands seem a very unlikely place to hold a music festival. A string of rocky islands located in the North Atlantic ...

“It’s strange to think that recorded music is roughly 100 years old, and we’ve been involved in it half of the time,” says Kristian Blak. Sitting in front of his piano on the ground floor of the ...

The Faroe Islands seem a very unlikely place to hold a music festival. A string of rocky islands located in the North Atlantic between Scotland, Norway and Iceland, it has a population of around ...

The Great Escape has withdrawn the Faroe Islands as its lead country partner over concerns over its whaling practices, amid outcry from local interest groups. The festival, held in Brighton and Hove ...

For over two decades, the Faroe Islands has showcased its inventive and thriving music scene to just 5,000 people at the annual G! Fest. John Bell heads to Sythrugøta to hang with the locals and find ...

You likely won't find the Faroe Islands on most travelers' radars, but these craggy North Atlantic rocks stand poised to jolt even the most jaded globetrotter. The Faroe Islands are at once ancient ...