|
Evi Tommysdóttir Djurhuus (born 1981 as Evi Tommysdóttir Tausen, she uses Evi Tausen or just Evi as her artistical name) is a Faroese country singer and guitar player. She grew up in Froðba, Faroe Islands, and Kastrup, Denmark, and currently lives in Porkeri, Faroe Islands with her family. Both of her parents are Faroese. == Musical career == Evi Tausen started her musical career in 2010 when she released a single with two songs by Jim Reeves: ''"How´s the world treating you"'' and ''"He´ll have to go"''. The recordings were made in Kris-Stuff Studio in Hoyvík, by Jákup Zachariasen. Some of the Faroese musicians were Pætur við Keldu and Heiðrun Petersen, Pætur við Keldu also sings backing voice on one of the songs.〔(Country4You.com, Evi gir oss herlig Country Music fra Færøyene ) (''in Norwegian'')〕 In November 2011 Evi released an album (CD) with the title: "Evi - Wishing Well". The CD was recorded in Nashville i co-operation with several American songwriters, i.e. Brent Mason, who also produced the album. Mason has won an ''CMA-Award'' in the category "Musician of the Year" twice, he has also won ''Academy of Country Music Guitarist of the Year Award'' 12 times.〔(BrentMason.com )〕 Evi was a new name in Faroese music, when she released her first single in 2010. The first time she sang for an audience was at her own wedding in August 2010, when she sang for her husband. The next morning he gave her a guitar as a morning gift.〔(Nordlysid.fo, Nýggj fløga við nýggjari rødd )〕 Evi's husband, Gudmundur Djurhuus from the small village Porkeri in the Faroe Islands, is also her manager. Evi has performed at festivals and concerts in the Faroe Islands, i.e. Summarfestivalurin〔(Guitaren.dk, Evi med nye Nashville toner. )〕 and at the Country Festival in Sørvágur in 2012.〔(Birkblog.blogspot.com, Blues og Country í Sørvági )〕 In January 2013, the song "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" which Evi sings together with Jim Ed Brown, was number five on the Pan-European TOP-100 Radio Chart, which is the country-hitlist of European Country Music Association (ECMA). In February 2013 Evi went on a tour in Europe, she performed in Germany and Scotland together with the Faroese musician Jens Marni Hansen and Pauli Magnussen. In Germany she had the opportunity to perform together with German and American female singers: Alina Duwe and Kayleigh Leith.〔(Songkick.com )〕 They also visited Ireland.〔(Meathchronicle.ie ) Evi joins Nerney at Ardboyne〕 In February she was nominated as ''International Artist of the Year'' by Irish Country Sound.〔(Planet.fo ) Evi í uppskoti til írska virðisløn (''in Faroese'')〕 She was invited to perform at the Irish Country Sound Entertainment Awards on 4 March 2013.〔(Facebook.com )〕 One of her songs which was just released in Ireland was Blue Radio.〔(Blue Radio (video) on Youtube )〕 She won the Irish award as ''International Artist of the Year''. Later in March Evi Tausen performed at the Scottish Caithness Country Music Festival in Thurso.〔(Planet.fo )〕 Musicians who played together with Evi Tausen were: Jens Marni Hansen, Pauli Magnusen, Brandur Jacobsen, Bjarni Lisberg and Hallur Djurhuus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evi Tausen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|