Teitur Lassen
Overview
Teitur (ˈtaitʊɹ; born Teitur Lassen 1977 in Hoyvík
) is a Faroese
singer-songwriter
. On 3 March 2007, he was awarded Best Male Singer at the Danish Music Awards
.
The word teitur is Old Norse
and means happy. In Modern Faroese, it is archaic but used as a male given name.
Teitur started out in the Faroese pop
/rock
band Mark No Limits as its lead singer and songwriter. After quickly gaining a reputation at home, Teitur left the Faroe Islands for Copenhagen at 17, finding both his voice and a succession of helping hands all over Europe and North America.
Hoyvík
Hoyvík is the third largest town in the Faroe Islands. It has grown in size for many years and is now merged with Tórshavn becoming a northern suburb of the Faroese capital. A person from Hoyvík is known as a hoyvíkingur....
) is a Faroese
Faroese
Faroese may refer to:* the Faroese people* the Faroese language* anything else pertaining to the Faroe Islands...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. On 3 March 2007, he was awarded Best Male Singer at the Danish Music Awards
Danish Music Awards
The Danish Music Awards is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called IFPI-prisen until 1991, when it changed its name to Dansk Grammy . The current name was given in 2001, after the American Grammy Awards took copyright on the name Grammy....
.
The word teitur is Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
and means happy. In Modern Faroese, it is archaic but used as a male given name.
Teitur started out in the Faroese pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Mark No Limits as its lead singer and songwriter. After quickly gaining a reputation at home, Teitur left the Faroe Islands for Copenhagen at 17, finding both his voice and a succession of helping hands all over Europe and North America.
Quotations
He's utterly melodic and hopelessly romantic, and when he performs live, he robs the air from your lungs. Oh, and he's devoid of any charisma or star power whatsoever.
John Mayer on why Lassen's career is stalled despite having talent in the same league as Coldplay and David Gray. From Mayer's September 1, 2004 column in Esquire magazine.
Category:Musicians|Lassen, Teitur
Teitur Lassen speaks for the broken-hearted, who, for the most part, may be too timid to speak for themselves. His first effort is shamelessly honest and hints at very beautiful things to come.
Dominic Urnile's review of Poetry & Aeroplanes from Prefixmag.com.