First time hearing EIVØR - Falling Free live reaction by musician

This Eivør reaction is genuinely my first time hearing this artist or this live performance of their song Falling Free.
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[@PonchoSaGo]

I think Eivør has one of the most beautiful voices in the world and she is one of the best singers alive!!!

[@stever7732]

Nice reaction. Eivør is her name not the band’s (Eivør Pálsdóttir). She is a classically trained singer so no surprise at the clarity and control. She can do it all - folk, electronic, art pop, opera, tribal chanting, throat singing, inhale vocalisations. From the Faroe Islands, she sings many of her songs in her native Faroese, and sometimes releases both a Faroese and an English language version of the same song with the same music video and music track.

[@lottawiklund8606]

Haha, I knew you'd enjoy this one, so of course I had to insist on it. 😁 I have goosebumps from beginning to end when listening to this, every single time. It's just unreal how gorgeous it is. The joik-like bit in the middle even has me in tears some times. Thanks a heap for having a look at this. 💚

[@bjornbear6856]

Hej Lotta! Har du sett Eivor live? Hon är helt otrolig.

[@lottawiklund8606]

@@bjornbear6856 Nä, men det hade varit fantastiskt. Får hoppas hon dyker upp på tid och plats som passar. :)

[@Michele-Elise]

Wow! Goosebumps for sure! What a great request. I’ve seen your name through the Dirty Loops reaction videos. Love them as well. You have great taste in music 😊

[@bjornbear6856]

@@lottawiklund8606 Jag såg henne i malmö och fick träffa henne efteråt. Hon är helt fantastick och vilken underbar människa.

[@soleywolfgangsdottir]

have you listened to her sister, elinborg? kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJfVZ5ilrt2Sr8U

[@alan-thealanyst]

Jeez...awesome. A small confession, Steve - I come from a classical background and have a love of opera. To me, the voice is the greatest instrument there is, and that was a masterclass in how to use it. Thanks for the analysis, but a special thank you (along with all the others) to Lotta for her persistence in bringing this to your channel!

[@ragnaur]

I think if you take a little time and listen to the songs from the Eivör Live album, you will be even more impressed. There are lullabies, classical vocals, jazz, tribal singing and even country music, all of which allow her voice to show its uniqueness.

[@ireneirvine8772]

Agreed

[@blissfull_ignorance8454]

No words can truly describe the experience seeing her live performance. Its just something completely otherwordly, like seeing an actual pagan goddes descended from some higher level of existance to lure us earthly mortals in her enchantment with her spellbinding voice.

[@cannibalisticwolf3319]

I got to see this group this last July in an old church turned music venue in Mission District San Francisco. They played this as last song. Blew my damn mind.

[@colleenbuxton9686]

Stunning performance. Love her voice. Thank you

[@paulvincenti2]

She totally casts her spell on me - EVERY TIME I listen to it.

[@eirintowne]

So every time you are "Trodlabundin"? Just like the rest of us!

[@paulvincenti2]

I am! I did not know that translation. Cool!@@eirintowne

[@dansegelov305]

Good God, Eivor is amazing! Thanks for reacting to this amazing being.

[@mnimic1]

The voice, the band, the sound engeenering on point 👏🏻❤️

[@Tassilago]

Such a great reaction. Thank you! And thank you, Lotta W (my fellow Dirty Loops superfan 😉) for your persistence. This one by Eivør is gorgeous. It's a journey, from that soft mellow beginning to that majestic crescendo with her hauntingly beautiful chanting, and back to the delicacy right at the end. I "enjoyed the heck out of this" reaction. Have a nice weekend!

[@lottawiklund8606]

I just had to. 😁 Everyone in the whole world should have a listen to this, if you ask me, haha.

[@glacieractivity]

You must react to Eivør's post-modern folk-song "Trøllabundin" where she combines pretty much every single traditional vocal technique from the eastern North Atlantic. It is absolutely unique as she combines throat singing, Sami Joik, South Scandinavian "kulning" and British (old Gaelic Celtic) "keening" traditions lifted up to a post-modernistic unity "kzbin.info/www/bejne/raTPXn5-fMpngc0&ab_channel=1210beth

[@simonrangeley]

This is the track that really shows what an amazing voice she has.

[@svein022]

Ugh yes please!

[@flightgamer7849]

First time for me. Very pretty voice. Pitch perfect. Really really enjoyed that!!! Great recommendation and reaction.

[@MotherofUnicornsProductions]

Ha, another one who got Eivored. 😆 She is just something else. I used to say Skin from Skunk Anansie was my favourite vocalist but Eivor has kicked her off that throne. My other favourite songs of her are True Love and Salt - the latter one is in Faroese and shows off her trad roots mixed with more modern sounds.

[@groanitalybeck8765]

Thanks for your reaction, she’s amazing 😍 Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴

[@akyhne]

"Wake me up // RTT" version, is another great performance by Eivør Palsdottir.

[@akyhne]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6eQcql6erB9pMU

[@georgeweissberg6498]

You might consider any of the live versions of "Gullspunnin" or her cover of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on a Wire". They're simply breathtaking...

[@lesmann8387]

Reminds me of Kate Bush (Awesome tune and voice)

[@Tassilago]

Right! I've heard her being called the Nordic Kate Bush. And I know that Eivør is a big fan of of Kate B. Cheers from Sweden

[@petraljungberg]

Thanks for your reaction Steve! 🙂 (Lotta Wiklund - great you were persistent! 😃) If you want to listen to her ”folky music voice” I suggest Trøllabundin live - kzbin.info/www/bejne/raTPXn5-fMpngc0

[@Tassilago]

Yes! Very enchanting. First time I heard of faroese throat singing. Have a nice weekend, Petra 🤗

[@petraljungberg]

@@Tassilago Wishing you the same 🙂

[@lottawiklund8606]

Haha, I couldn't let him miss out on this one; it's just too good. And yeah, Trøllabundin is a great suggestion. The location of that concert is breathtaking as well.

[@petraljungberg]

@@lottawiklund8606 Yes, it is a fantastic place!

[@dansegelov305]

Such a great performance of an incredible song. What strikes me every time i watch this video is the sheer volume of that whistle note she sings at the end. She backs off at least 3 feet from the mic before hitting that note and holds it for so long! I know she has classical vocal training and the incredible power of a trained soprano is always awe-inspiring, (I once stood next to one as she belted a high note and it physically hurt my ears!) but it shocks me every time anyhow.

[@georgelynch6139]

Great mic choice and she uses it like another instrument, totally professional

[@larryc3860]

Eivor's vocal range is incredible.......to the 6th octave (?) for her final note.......when she sings in Faroese, it is amazing........

[@soleywolfgangsdottir]

the joik-like part is called kulning, an ancient technique to communicate between longer distances, used for example during sheep herding

[@yarsheets4572]

I haven't heard her before. Absolutely amazing. I'm thinking Great Gig in the Sky. Stunning.

[@MattiasWirf]

You might have without knowing it, since she has done some soundtracks and such. The show The last kingdom (after Bernard Cornwells books) for example.

[@ireneirvine8772]

Unbelievable - loved this!!! WOW 🤩 ❤

[@poolhallshark]

Great reaction. I suggested this one a long time ago, as it is one of my definite favorite performances outside of Aurora and Angelina. Eivør has an absolutely BEAUTIFUL voice. May I suggest her "Trollabundin" next ? I think you will enjoy it. Very different from this one though. Link : kzbin.info/www/bejne/raTPXn5-fMpngc0 Have a great weekend! Love from Norway ♥♥♥

[@ShanLiB]

That was my intro to her. And then "May It Be" about 8 years ago. Many others since then. She's so evocative, getting you into a time and place that you didn't know existed and then telling the story. One in 50,000 (the approx population of the Faroe Islands).

[@erik5820]

Second that suggestion.

[@graemesandstrom5654]

She is absolutely incredible. I’m glad that you have discovered her!

[@kathleensmith3555]

Isnt she just wonderful --- She has so many great songs I have a hard time picking only 1 so Ill pick 2 --- Gullspunnin or True Love but the list is long and delightful

[@tracylf5409]

Eivor comes from the Nordic lands. Her sound is amazing. Keep searching.

[@mark2shooter]

"Wake Me up" by Eivør. A live performance here on youtube. Check it out ! :)

[@SteveOGRock]

Thanks, definitely on my list to do!

[@bengtsamuelsson6273]

The wonderful Eivor! A world treasure.

[@livus3787]

"noice... f_ckin' epic" LOL 😂🙌

[@Kholdaimon]

Holy Crap! This reminds me so much of Dead Can Dance... The ethereal quality of the voice with the rhythms...

[@philbsmiling]

Love this!!

[@ZzCanonBull]

I love how she just hangs that last note out there so casually

[@lesleyc798]

Great reaction ❤

[@ronaldmcrae4896]

Just subscribed, love Eivor!

[@kentmains7763]

The magical Eivor!

[@vivibraun5134]

She is the best

[@soleywolfgangsdottir]

anna von hausswolff, "stranger" live, "they hoped for a name", how many mor of these?"

[@Marius_ae]

Eivør is amazing. My personal favourite is Only Love, would love to see your reaction to that one as well

[@Progamer-jv8mb]

She is perfection pure art. You need to react to her Life 2012 performance of song called true love and to her same true love song but in Sofar Los Angeles that is a must hear.

[@mark2shooter]

Honestly! She has hundreds of song, and this song that I´ve never heard of, is the one that everyone is reacting to?

[@MrMakhitta]

yeah totally crazy.. Not even among her best songs.. Good, and the sort of a build-up song to close a Concert, but both melodically and regarding the true range of her voice this song doesn’t do her justice as an artist.. But there are 2-3 persons that have pledged their lives to be first to recommend this song and then Trøllabundin live in a Norwegian fjord anywhere they possible can, wherever there is a KZbin channel reacting to music they will have beaten you to it..😂 both performances certainly have their merits, but even if you check-out views neither are among the most viewed. There are 3 versions of Trøllabundin and the one always recommended is the third most viewed which also is the least most viewed.. Annoying really that not even a handfull of people see it as some sort of a life-calling to put an extremely gifted artist in a very narrow box.. How many reactions do they need on the same song??? Jeeeezzz…

[@lqueryvg]

Musicality aside... if you're lucky enough to be falling in love when you listen to this song, you'll know that the lyrics are spot on.

[@AgenteusaRR]

She's Awesome :)

[@spencerbutterbaugh6104]

Great Reaction! thank You. Just a tip, listen to anything she does. She also plays acoustic guitar. Just her and guitar. She is one of the few great singers alive.

[@I_scribbles]

Every reactor should listen to this masterpiece! Eivør's my girl! One if the great singing Goddeses of the Northern Winds! That was her Faroese tribal chanting, you shoud see her switch it up to shamanic throat beatboxing! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmWompZ3mNmcjck

[@slavaukraini404]

Eivor the magnificent! You should see her do the God of War Soundtrack with the Danish Symphony Orchestra. Just when you think she's done all that can be done, she does more.

[@Gh0stHack3r.]

Faroe Islands godness at it's best, Eivør is amazing....

[@witte_raaf]

Eivør & Myrkur are the two best tribal folk vocalists

[@mr.sudbury3856]

Check out another Faroese band called Hamferð and the song Evst (live from Sjónleikarhúsið, Tórshavn)

[@soleywolfgangsdottir]

and guðrið hansdóttir

[@ggoflove7253]

🤯😵‍💫🤩

[@chatelain567]

That mellotron was perfect;the tune Pinik Floyd never wrote.

[@RolandTumble23]

Along with all the other great suggestions from others, she also does my second-favorite version of Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat". kzbin.info/www/bejne/n36oqo2CndaSb7c

[@Sapphos_daughter]

Good isn't she? lol 💜🤘🏳‍⚧⚧♀♀🏳‍🌈🦘

[@ShizumaNeko]

bit of range...just a little.... well fook you very much! Great Reaction!!

[@timrockman7]

Check out her song "Wake me up". Her drummer goes apeshit.

[@crystalxmike1579]

Stop beeing hard! She is awesome , and she is triggering some feelings! I am crying right now! Tell me, u don`t be touched!

[@jeffmalloy8200]

Now was't that the shortest seven minutes you ever experienced?

[@DrMcKay66]

Of course her guitar sound is top knotch... She plays a Gibson Nighthawk if my eyes dont decive me.

[@I3R0K3N7FEET]

Kate Bush X post rock...

[@ravondal1958]

Interruptive review :((( Man, really you have to comment continually while I am trying to enjoy the song !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blah :(((((

[@SteveOGRock]

Don't worry, there are plenty of reactors out there who pause the song for their comments. It's just not my jam. I'd recommend checking out some other reactors if that's your preference 🤘🏻

[@SteveOGRock]

If you want to enjoy the song, watch the original video without someone reacting to it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@proudtobeceltic885]

Celtic and scandinavian voices are verry old long , long dna line... best singers in the world goos bumps xxx