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For bands and artists who perform Sea Shanties.

Resources in This Category

• Bounding Main

  http://www.boundingmain.com/
  A vocal group based on Western Great Lakes region (US), and dedicated to sea shanties and nautical ballads. Includes details of their program, and of members.

• Cale Seiche

  http://cale.seiche.free.fr/
  Vocal and instrumental group performing sea shanties in southwestern France.

• Cztery Refy

  http://czteryrefy.pl/
  Polish maritime music group; history of the band, discography, news, contact details, and audio samples. (Site is in Polish and English.)

• Dick Holdstock Traditional Music

  http://www.dickholdstock.com/
  Performer of traditional American and British sea shanties and folk songs. Gig listing and details of recordings.

• Flash Packet

  http://www.lahacal.org/packet.html
  Sing shanties and traditional music from and about the sea. They also present nautical living history while dressed in authentic costume.

• Hanging Johnny

  http://hj.englishfolkmusic.com/
  Group of singers (now defunct) based in Cornwall and Plymouth, UK, who specialised in shanties and sea songs. Details of recordings.

• Kings Pond Shanty Men

  http://www.kingspondshantymen.org.uk/
  Unaccompanied male shanty singing group. Site includes photos, lyrics, playable shanties, gig list. Alton, UK.

• Lewis, Tom

  http://www.tomlewis.net/
  Retired submariner, now resident in Canada, and singing songs of the sea. Profile, details of his recordings and collaborations, reviews, and tour dates.

• Salty Walt & The Rattlin' Ratlines

  http://saltywalt.net/
  San Francisco Sea Chantey group, performing traditional music, progressive arrangements and punk sensibilities.

• Shifty Sailors, The

  http://www.shiftysailors.net/
  Sea shanty and maritime music group, based on Whidbey Island, Washington, USA. Discography, gig and tour schedules, with photos.

• Stowaway

  http://www.stowaway.nl/
  Dutch group performing sea shanties and maritime music. Profile, discography, and gig-listing. (In French, German and English)

• Sweet and Dunne

  http://yardarmtoyardarm.com/
  Acoustic guitarists and vocalists Christopher Dunne and Candy K. Sweet, a duo based in Hudson, perform traditional sea chanteys, contemporary acoustic sea-themed music, and original songs. Photos, MP3s, lyrics.

• The Bilge Pumps

  http://thebilgepumps.com/
  Pirate music group based in the Dallas/Ft, Worth, USA. Performances combine sea songs, shanties, and Celtic music with comedy. Includes gig list, photos, free audio samples, purchase mp3.

• Trim Rig and a Doxy

  http://trimrigdoxy.com/
  Sea shanty duo from Warrington, UK. Photos, audio samples, and gig-guide.

• Wareham Whalers

  http://www.wareham-whalers.org.uk/
  Traditional shanty singing group formed in 2004 that performs around Purbeck in Dorset, UK. Gig list, songbook, handbook, photos, CD/music store.

• Webb, Bob

  http://www.richmondwebb.com/
  Maine (US) based performer (deceased 2013) of shanties and maritime history in song; includes his biography and details of his recordings.

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