Ingó og Veðurguðirnir

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Ingó og Veðurguðirnir (in English Ingó and the Weathergods) is an Icelandic musical formation made up of Ingó (full name Ingólfur Þórarinsson) as main vocalist and acoustic guitar player with Maggi (guitar), Eyþór (bass) and Óskar (drums).

Ingó og Veðurguðirnir are best known for their summer hit "Bahama". The song stayed at the top of Tónlist, the official Icelandic Singles Chart for 9 consecutive weeks in 2008. They peaked the Iceland charts for one week in 2009 with "Nóttin er liðin". Another hit for Ingó og Veðurguðirnir called "Gestalistinn" stayed for 9 weeks at the top of Tónlist charts (2009 weeks 39 to 46 and week 48). Other releases by the formation include "Argentína".

Ingó (solo)

Ingólfur Þórarinsson better known by his mononym Ingó has had also releases of his own, notably taking part in Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins in 2009, the 2009 Icelandic selection for Eurovision Song Contest with "Undir regnbogann" (meaning Under the rainbow), which was composed by Hallgrímur Óskarsson and written by Eiríkur Hauksson. He reached the finals finished as second just behind "Is It True?" by Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir with 10,696 for Ingó behind Jóhanna's 19,076. He came back the following year to present some parts of the 2010 selections.

He went on to releases like "Ég er sko vinur þinn" credited to Ingó og Jóhanna Guðrún and "Vinurinn" credited to Ingó, Jóhanna Guðrún og Jógvan.

Discography

Albums

Album and details Peak positions Notes
ISL
Góðar stundir
  • Date released: 2009
Tracklist
  1. "Bara brosa" (3:16)
  2. "Bahama" (3:39)
  3. "Nóttin er liðin" (3:02)
  4. "Manstu" (3:15)
  5. "Þessi hljómsveit" (3:42)
  6. "Vinurinn" (3:09)
  7. "Börnin" (3:52)
  8. "Vá hvað ég fíla'na" (3:28)
  9. "Drífa" (3:12)
  10. "Nýraunsæi" (3:13)
  11. "Gestalistinn" (2:42)
  12. "Undir regnbogann" (2:59)

Singles

Ingó og Veðurguðirnir
Year Single Peak positions Album
ISL
2008 "Drifa" 8 Góðar stundir
"Bahama"[1] 1
2009 "Vinurinn" 3
"Nóttin er liðin"[2] 1
"Gestalistinn"[3] 1
2010 "Ef ég ætti konu"
"Argentína"
2013 "Önnur Öld" 17 Önnur Öld
"Ferðalag" 29
2014 "Ítalska lagið" 25
Other appearances
  • 2009: "Undir regnbogann" (Ingó in Eurovison selection finals for Iceland)
  • 2010: "Ég er sko vinur þinn" (Ingó og Jóhanna Guðrún on album Latabæjarhátíð í Höllinni)
  • 2010: "Vinurinn" (Ingó, Jóhanna Guðrún og Jógvan on album Latabæjarhátíð í Höllinni)

Bibliography

Ingó contributed a recipe to the 2011 cookery book Uppáhaldsrétturinn minn ('my favourite recipe').[4] Translated into English, the recipe reads:

Chicken in mango chutney

My mum taught me to make this dish in a hurry on the phone and today it's the only dish I know how to cook. Or the only one which contains more than 5 raw ingredients anyway. Ideal for anyone taking their first steps at the cooker.

Ingredients:

For 2-3

1 chicken, whole (I buy it ready-cooked)
3dl rice
1 loaf garlic bread (from Myllan)
½ jar mango chutney
1 tsp deluxe curry powder from Pottagaldrar
250ml cooking cream
1 lemon

Instructions

1. Boil the mango chutney, curry powder and cream together in a pot and season with salt and pepper.

2. Boil the rice well but not too much

3. Heat the bread in an oven and at the same time set to 4 on the cooker and proceed.

4. Tear the meat from the chicken (also possible to have it in pieces) and pour the sauce over it.

This dish is excellent with redcurrant jelly.

References

  1. Tónlist - chart for week 19/2008
  2. Tónlist - chart for week 28/2009
  3. Tónlist - chart for week 39/2009
  4. Uppáhaldsrétturinn minn! 40 þjóðþekktir Íslendingar gefa uppskrift af uppáhaldsréttinum sínum, ed. by María Björk Sverrisdóttir (Reykjavík: Hljóðsmiðjan, 2011), ISBN 9789979709848.

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