Eivor spent part of July and August on her first headlining tour of North America. On this episode, we hop in Eivor's tour van and travel from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, British Columbia. On the way, we'll stop in Seattle, spend WAY too much time at the Canadian border, and finally make it to the venue with not a moment to spare. It's a rare glimpse into the everyday life of a working band.

Eivor will be touring Europe in September and October. You can see the tour dates here. 

Note: At the end of this episode, we day that this is episode 538. (Apparently we're subconsciously big fans of Nate Silver.) It's actually episode 358. These things happen.

We're taking a brief hiatus from our hiatus to bring you this Olavsoka-themed episode. This time out, our good friend Andrias Høgenni takes us to the Torshavn Cathedral to show us a special altarpiece made just for Olavsoka. We'll hear a little music from the historic 2012 Pride rally (which takes place one day before Olavsoka) and feel all warm and fuzzy about the national holiday.

This episode is short, but after you listen, you may consider that a blessing. On this show, we make a bunch of unhappy announcements about this year's reporting trip, and the near-term future of the podcast.

On this episode, take a tour of the World War Two museum with Dánjal Poulsen. We'll learn about the history of the war that many outsiders may not have even realized touched the Faroe Islands. Heri Simonsen is also on hand to take us to the village that once housed the British officer's quarters.

Then we check out the new-ish stadium where EB/Streymur play.

We're still raising funds to help support our next reporting trip to the Faroes. We're getting close to our goal. If you can help push us closer to the finish line, please visit our gofundme page and show us some love.

Also, at the top of the show, we'll get an update on our annual fundraiser. If you'd like to donate, you can visit our gofundme page and toss a little somehting into the collection plate.

On this episode of Home and Away, Stella talks to Savior Mifsud about his life in the Faroe Islands, what he misses about Malta, and the perils of photography in windy places. Also, we're raising money to fund a new season of podcasts If you can help out, please follow this link and toss a few bucks into the tip jar.

Note: This is the last episode of Home and Away that will appear in the Faroe Islands Podcast feed. If you want to listen to the archives or hear new episodes, you can listen on the FM1 website.

Also, we're headed back to the Faroes to record more epsiodes of the podcast. If you can help us fund this new season, please go to our gofundme page and toss a few kroners our way.

On this episode, we talk to Hogni Lisberg. He has been a prominent musician in the Faroe Islands for more than 20 years, having performed with the groundbreaking Clickhaze, performing with Eivor, and having a successful solo career of his own. Now he's launched a music publishing company to help get Faroese songs into TV shows, movies, and advertisements all over the world.

Here's the link to his company's Instagram page.

During the interview, we talk about the band Clickhaze. There is very little of their output that can be found on the internet, but here's a performance they did in 2001.