Iceland review - 2013, Page 12

10 ICELAND REVIEW
Folk song duo Funi is comprised of Bára
Grímsdóttir and Christ Foster. their latest album
release Flúr contains well-known Icelandic folk
songs and rhymes, along with folk-style songs
written by Bára, including two poems by her father,
Grímur h. lárusson, about his beloved Vatnsdalur
in north Iceland where he grew up. Foster, who
hails from somerset, england, plays guitar, kantele
and hammer dulcimer to Bára’s soulful singing,
as well as the old Icelandic fiddle and string
instrument langspil. the album booklet includes
a glossary in english. Flúr is available in the
record store smekkleysa on laugavegur in central
reykjavík and can be ordered on
funi-iceland.com ESA
ir SCribeS turn authorS
unraveled • iceland – deFrosted • the ring road
alda Sigmundsdóttir • edward hancox • edward Weinman
enska textasmidjan • SilverWood Books • the Rogue Reader
What authors alda sigmundsdóttir, edward hancox and edward
Weinman have in common is that they’ve all, at one time or another,
worked for iceland Review. all three have also recently released their
full-length debuts, books which, however, don’t have much in common.
alda’s unraveled: a novel about a meltdown features Frida who
returns to Iceland with her British diplomat husband after many years of
living abroad. as the Icelandic banks threaten to collapse, she tries to
discover who she is and what she wants from life.
iceland – Defrosted explains hancox’s fascination with Iceland. a
quirky travel story, it recounts his many trips to the country, including
the people he meets and makes friends with, interviews with musicians
and his hunt for the northern lights.
the Ring Road (66° north Series) is a crime novel by Weinman
set in Iceland during a volcanic eruption. While trying to survive the
catastrophe with a group of tourists, ex-cop hobson gets entangled in a
murder investigation along with some mysterious characters.
all three books are available on amazon. ESA
Culture Club
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Soulful
Singing
Flúr
Funi
green man
Productions
this summer, at noon on
Mondays and Fridays, reykjavík’s
Búrið deli store will open its
doors to international visitors to
teach them about—and offer a
taste of—Icelandic cheeses, soft
and hard, blue and white. not to
forget skyr, a unique Icelandic
dairy product which is actually
strained cheese but tastes like
yogurt. served with blueberries
and cream, it’s the country’s
ultimate dessert. the cheeses
presented are made both by the
country’s largest dairy company
and small local producers all
over Iceland. participants will
delve into Iceland’s history of
cheese-making and learn what
the future holds for this nation of
people who are the third largest
consumers of cheese in the
world. the price for joining the
workshop is IsK 5,500 (UsD 45).
burid.is PS
SaY CheeSe, eat CheeSe
icelandic cheese WorKshops
Búrið, nóatún 17, 105 Reykjavík
may 17-august 26
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