Christmas time coming up, all of us in the Hallur Joensen Band, are sending you the best wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Hallur was at the Thomas Fraser Festival in Shetland this year, performing with local artists, as can be seen on the picture. Hallur also met the Australian countryradio host Tubby Dyer and his son Christopher, visiting the North Atlantic. Locally, Hallur and band is playing lots of gigs during the festive season. See you around!
After last weekend’s sucess at Scandinavian Country Club’s (SCC) festival in Silkeborg, Hallur embarks on motor ferry Norröna, heading the sold out North Atlantic country trip from Tórshavn to Hirtshals. Both gigs coincides with Hallur’s new release Enn stendur hurð mín opin available on this website.
Hallur’s third album with Faroese title Enn stendur hurð mín opin, is due in August 2011. With Jákup Zachariassen, left in picture, as producer the album title Still my Door is Open is to be taken seriously, says Hallur: On this album I am opening the door for a wide range of music, not only Hank Williams, but all genres, he says in Kristuff Studio, Hoyvík, while Paul Leim, right on picture, is taking care of the rhythm section.
Prepare for a sunny afternoon in the green, when Hallur and band will give an amazing Sunday-show at the 26th Country Festival in Silkeborg, Denmark, august 14th 2011. During three festive summerdays a regular crowd of 10.000 have welcomed main stream names like Tanya Tucker, Carlene Carter, Don Williams and Mark Chesnutt, but also hard hitting alternative acts like Dale Watson, BR549, DAD and Faroese The Reverends. Festival arranger is Scandinavian Country Club and programme will appear on
Modest Hallur has one or two things to brag about. Besides being home market bestsellers, nominated for a Faroese Planet Award, it’s a fact that both of his albums Pickin’ time in Nashville and Smile, are served by the cream of the Nashville crop. Among the Academy of Country Music winners, serving Hallur, are top guitarist Brent Mason and top steel player Paul Franklin. Among the Academy of Country Music nominees are best keybord player John Hobbs, best specialty instrument player Bryan Sutton and best audio engineer Ed Seay.
