Greenland band biography
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Named after the Irish traditional Sea Song “Greenland Whale Fisheries”, Greenland Whalefishers started out in Bergen Norway in , long before anyone had heard of bands like Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphys. Combining british punk with celtic folk influences, the grupp soon became one of the most interesting post-pogues bands .
More than two decades of touring all around the world performing sparkling live shows, releasing nine full length albums, DVD documentary movie, piles of singles, EPs and split-releases, contributing with music to the movie “Boondock Saints – All Saints Day”, places the underground folk punkers in Greenland Whalefishers as one of the worlds most credible celtic rock bands.
Greenland Whalefishers’ album “SONGS FROM the BUNKER” was rated to a fifth place bygd Shite N’ Onions on the list over the best Celtic Punk CDs in Shite N’ Onions also placed Greenland Whalefishers’ album “Loboville” on their list of the “10 BEST CELTIC PUNK ALBUMS EVER”, above artists like
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Music of Greenland
The music of Greenland is a mixture of two primary strands, Inuit and Danish, mixed with influences from the United States and United Kingdom.
Greenland's musical character has been described as "definitely a rock country, both musically and literally" according to Greenlandic drummer Hans Rosenberg.[1] The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes all Greenlandic music except the drum dances as influenced by external styles.[2]
Folk music
[edit]The Inuit and the Danish peoples of Greenland have both maintained their distinct styles of folk music. Country-wide folk traditions included storytelling, which declined greatly after the introduction of the South Greenland Printing Press in
Traditional music which has best survived European contact can be found in the east and northeast of the island. It includes sacred drumdances played on an oval drum made of a wooden frame with a bear-bladder on top.[3] Drum dances are t
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Greenland has been one of the most productive countries when it comes to music. With a population of only people and in a period since the 70s there’s been released more than albums mainly through the two biggest labels; ULO and Atlantic Music. Many artists have released different genres of music and here we mention the development and some of the stand outs in the music history, so of course there are many many more great released albums through the years that aren't mentioned but please see all that we have in stock here: CD shop
The first instrument: Qilaat
Before the colonization with European travelers, the frame drum was the main instrument that was used in Inuit societies. It was used in Inuit games but also in very important and festive events including both spiritual and competing rituals. It was therefore both used for entertainment but could also be used for battles between two Inuit. Qilaat is the Greenlandic name for the frame drum and the performe