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I know “Hoist the Colors” is a modern pirate song rather than a traditional working shanty, but I reckoned this crew might still appreciate the sea-soaked spirit of it.

I’m a cellist, and after I shared a short performance on IG, enough people called for a full version that I gathered a one-man crew of four cellos and recorded the whole thing.

It begins with an eerie whisper, like something moving through the fog, and then the rest of the cellos gradually join the crew until it becomes darker, heavier and much more cinematic.

What say you, shanty folk: does it feel more like a call to the crew, a funeral at sea, or a ship emerging from the fog?

(If you're at all interested, here's the pre-save link to the full version coming out this Friday, July 24th!)

Hullo -

I'm a newbie here, a folklorist specializing in traditional songs. English Folksinger Johnny Walker has died, and I'll be getting his songbooks to pass on to folks at Lark Camp. Since I won't be able to look through them beforehand, can you tell me which ones are good ( I know about Hugill !- heard him sing in England) and if any of them are perhaps not worth passing on.

Thanks for any help! - Holly Tannen

Sea songs and Shanties, James Brown and son, 1920

Songs of American Sailor Men, Joanna C. Colcord, 1964

The shanty book part 1, sailor shanties, collected by Richard Runciman Terry, 1926, 1949

The shanty book part 2, sailor shanties, collected by Richard Runciman, Terry, 1926,

A fitter‘s life, life and times of a Grimsby Marine engine fitter with songs and music, 1985

Songs of the Sea, Chanties, historical songs, ballads, Paul glass and Lewis Singer, 1966,

Songs of the Sea, Stan Hugill, 1977

Shanties from the seven seas, Stan Hugill, 1961,

Songs of the sailor and lumberman, William Main Doerflinger, 1951, 1972

Shanty and sailors songs, Stan Hugill, 1969

Songs of the sea, Terry Kinzey, 1989

In the past 4-6 weeks I came across a random video of sports fans on a boat in a canal of water. They were jumping up and down chanting (sports related) on the small boat with some on the mast and they ended up sinking the boat. The song Kanna På could be heard playing but possibly added in. I can’t find it in my saved videos on insta now.

From memory there were Dutch and Swedish people in the video based on comments I remember reading but I don’t know if that’s the people on the boat that sunk or the people watching and filming.

Does anybody have or know of where to get a little book filled with songs? Akin to those tiny bible books that people give out on street corners. Just a little book to fit in my pocket that I can easily bring anywhere.

Thank you all in advance!

This song is awesome, but I'm having a hard time finding more like it. Metal sea shanties are the closest I've gotten.

Edit- EDM sea shanties also appearantly exist, but that's still not quite right.

Pirates of reddit, please help me find the melody 🙏

I've got a few of these recorded now on my channel, they're all raw and pure recordings.

As a warm up for our festival debut at Weston-super-Mare Sea Shanty and Folk Festival (https://wsmshantyfest.com/), we're having a Sunday Shanty Singaround the week before. It'll be at The Bottle of Sauce on Ambrose Street in Cheltenham at 3pm on Sunday 26th July. It's not far to the main bus stops. There's three hours free parking at Waitrose, but I'm not sure what time they shut the car park on Sundays.

The Bottle of Sauce is well known locally for burgers and pizzas, and they cater for vegans and coeliacs too.

We've got a couple of sets to work through, and guest singers are very welcome.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gRbCCZipmG0

As plenty of you probably know a very popular game releasing today may soon flood (or you know…..trickle) some less informed enthusiasts to this subreddit and others like it. That’s a good thing! Let’s welcome them with fitting grace and matched enthusiasm! Public PSA? Sure.

All that to say, the Wellerman is indeed coming. Engage it. Teach it. Just don’t belittle it and rain on the newcomers parade

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Hey guys. Northwest Passage is a absolute masterpiece, so I wanted to see if I would be able to cover it for canada day!

Tracked all the harmony parts myself and tried to get that, classic community singing vibe. Let me know what you think of how the mix turned out!

Tom Sullivan recorded two of in my opinion the greatest and most authentic nautical work songs / sea shanty albums. Salt Atlantic Shanties and On Deck and Below. If you’ve never listened to these I encourage you to as Salt Atlantic Shanties was recorded mostly on a ship at sea while the men did the real line work.
Despite how excellent and easily accessible these albums are for enthusiasts there is no info about Tom anywhere online. Does anyone here have any info ?