Category Archives: Songs
Trevor Grills of the Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends, Dies at 54
Trevor Grill was a self employed builder from Port Isaac on Cornwall’s rugged north coast, who enjoyed getting together with friends to sing sea shanties and folk songs. The group came to call themselves the Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends and they performed at … Continue reading
Sea Songs in New York – Sailing to Staten Island: The Immigrant Experience, and Other Events
This will be a great couple of weeks around New York harbor for lovers of the music of the sea. ”Sailing to Staten Island: The Immigrant Experience” is a free concert Saturday night at the Noble Maritime Collection at Snug … Continue reading
For the Love of Sea Music – Mystic Seaport’s 33rd Annual Sea Music Festival
Mystic Seaport has put together a wonderful short video where lovers of sea music speak of just it means to them, just in time for the Seaport’s upcoming 33rd Annual Sea Music Festival from June 7-10, 2012 in Mystic, Connecticut. The three … Continue reading
Shanty Sings All Over – Mystic, New York, San Francisco, Port Townsend & Washington DC
This Saturday night, January7th, the Mystic Seaport will be hosting a “Chantey Blast and Pub Sing“ from 1-5 PM in the Frohsinn Hall (aka the German Club), 54 Greenmanville Avenue, in Mystic CT as a fundraiser for the 33rd Annual Mystic Seaport Sea … Continue reading
The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Session – September 18th, 2011
Fifteen years ago, a group of sea shanty enthusiasts got together for an old fashioned shanty sing. Their first meeting was, fittingly enough on the windjammer Peking at South Street Seaport. For many years they met monthly at the Seaman’s Church … Continue reading
Ranzo, the YouTube Chanteyman
On his YouTube channel, Hulton Clint identifies himself as “Ranzo, the YouTube Chanteyman.” Something over three years ago he began an ambitious You Tube undertaking : The “Shanties From the Seven Seas” project where he sings the chanteys from Stan Hugill’s classic book of … Continue reading
Sea Chantey Festival on the Star of India
What could possibly be a better venue for a sea chantey festival than the deck of a restored 1863-built iron windjammer? The Maritime Museum of San Diego is holding its “Sea Shanty Festival 2011” on the deck of the … Continue reading
Jubilee Sailing Trust – Tall Ship Sailing Adventures for All
A very nicely done video showing the inspiring work being done the Jubilee Sailing Trust. The Jubilee Sailing Trust is a registered charity that owns and operates the tallships Lord Nelson and Tenacious, the only two tall ships in the world designed and … Continue reading
The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Shanty Session, 5/15/11
Last week we posted about the upcoming first William Main Doerflinger Memorial Shanty Session to be held at the Noble Maritime Collection at Snug Harbor. The shanty sing was well attended and the space was beautiful as well as historic. The … Continue reading
Santy Anno sung by The Hard Tackers
Santy Anno sung by The Hard Tackers over a film made by Joe Cook of The Hard Tackers when he sailed aboard the Pride Of Baltimore II as a crew member. Santy Anno Seu browser não suporta iframes. Thanks to … Continue reading
“To Seek a Northwest Passage” – Clipper Adventurer Hits Uncharted Rock
Stan Roger‘s classic song begins, “Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage; to find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea.” Stan died in 1983, but his son, Nathan Rogers, also a singer, recently set … Continue reading
BBC update on the Clipper City of Adelaide and the Battle of the Ballads
BC apparently has posted an interesting videocast on the composite clipper City of Adelaide. I write apparently because it is available only in Britain and being on the other side of the pond I can only take the word of … Continue reading
The Leaving of Liverpool
“The Leaving of Liverpool” is a wonderful sea song, capturing both the promise of a new voyage and the sadness of leaving loved ones behind. It was “collected” by William Main Doerflinger in 1951 from Dick Maitland, an old sailor at New York’s … Continue reading
The Holy Ground – Songs, Sailors, and Women of Easy Virtue
I am every fond of the Irish sea song “Holy Ground”. The song is about a sailor bound for sea, leaving his lady love and hoping to return. “And still I live in hope to see the Holy Ground once more..” … Continue reading
