Spælimenninir í Hoydølum is a lively group of six musicians that play traditional and contemporary folk music from Scandinavia on fiddle, recorder, piano, guitar, mandolin and acoustic bass and vocals. The group’s home base is the Faroe Islands in the far North Atlantic, a small cluster of islands located between Iceland, Norway and Scotland. While they are based in the Faroes, Spælimenninir is not strictly a “Faroese” band, either in personnel or music. Playing together for over 20 years, the line-up includes one native Faroese, one Swede, two Americans and two Danes. This international collaboration has resulted in a varied repertoire which reflects each member’s heritage and illustrates the links between the music traditions of the Scandinavian countries and the United States.
Links To Peel[]
Peel seemed to pick up on the band with their first album, particularly the track Bellman's Jig, which was played on various occasions in later years. He appeared to take special pleasure in both their unusual national background and his own efforts to pronounce their long name, which he cheerfully admitted he had no idea how to do correctly.
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(Information on this page has been compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add more information if known.)
Bellman's Jig
- 1978
- 26 May 1978: unknown (and the comment suggests this wasn't the first time he played them)
- 05 June 1978: unknown
- 15 June 1978: Bellman's Jig (LP - Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum) Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum
- 08 August 1978: Bellman's Jig (LP - Spælimenninir í Hoydølum) Tutl
- 1985
- 04 September 1985: Katrinevalsen (LP - Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum) Not On Label
- 07 October 1985: Spælimenninir í Hoydølum
- 23 October 1985: Reinlender - Norway (LP - Umaftur) Not On Label (Spælimenninir í Hoydølum Self-Released)
- 1986
- 17 November 1986: Trippevals (LP - Hinvegin) Tutl
- 03 December 1986: Donald Blue/Bonnie Isle o' Whalsey/Spottiskerry (LP - Hinvegin) Tutl
- 1991
- 26 January 1991: Katrinevalsen (album - Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum) Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum
- 26 January 1991: Brøndums Hopsa (album - Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum) Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum
- 02 February 1991: Reinlender - Norway (album - Umaftur) Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum
- 1993
- 23 January 1993: Bellman's Jig (LP - Spælimenninir í Hoydølum) Tutl
- 29 January 1993: Læ Di Maw (LP - Spælimenninir í Hoydølum) Tutl
- 14 February 1993 (BFBS): Læ Di Maw (LP - Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum) Not On Label (Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum self-released)
- 06 March 1993: Reinländer (album - Spælimenninir Í Hoydølum) SHD1
- 08 April 1993 (John Peel Is Jakki Brambles): Bellman's Jig (LP - Spælimenninir í Hoydølum) Tutl
- Other
- Peel Out In The States (Programme 6): Bellman's Jig