Podcast
The Shanty Show
We talk with shanty singers and researchers about the songs they know and the people they learned them from. Watch or listen below.
All Episodes
▶Dean Calin
Dean Calin of Bounding Main on the Maritime Music Directory, and the lack of Black representation in a genre with African-American roots.
▶Bob Walser
A conversation with shanty singer and researcher Bob Walser.
▶Fergus O'Byrne
Fergus O’Byrne of Ryan’s Fancy joins us to talk about singing and Newfoundland music.
▶Remembering Tall 12
Remembering George “Tall 12” Frederick, the shantyman from Barrouallie, St Vincent and the Grenadines.
▶Tom Lewis
Former submariner and songwriter Tom Lewis joins us.
▶The Biggest Shanty Band of the 80s
Shanty singing in Britain in the 1980s.
▶Jim Mageean Interviews Us
Jim Mageean asks the questions and we do the answering.
▶Live at the Connecticut Sea Music Museum
A live performance and conversation from Connecticut.
▶Brise-Glace
A conversation with Brise-Glace, recorded at Fundy Sea Shanty Festival.
▶Chris Ricketts
A live episode with singer Chris Ricketts.
▶Martin Hugill
Martin Hugill talks about his father, Stan, and growing up with shanties.
▶Michał Gramatyka
Polish MP and Perły i Łotry singer Michał Gramatyka joins us.
▶JD — The Longest Johns
JD from The Longest Johns talks shanties with us.
▶Heather Wood
Heather Wood of The Young Tradition joins us.
▶Kimber's Men
A conversation with the singers of Kimber’s Men.
▶Ian Robb & James Stephens
Canadian folk musicians Ian Robb and James Stephens join us.
▶Gary Caines — Fundy Sea Shanty Festival
Gary Caines talks about Fundy Sea Shanty Festival.
▶Miquel Perez — El Pony Pisador
Miquel Perez of the Catalan band El Pony Pisador joins us.
▶Coda
A conversation with Irish vocal group Coda.
▶Séan McCann
Seán McCann of Great Big Sea joins us.
▶Barrouallie Whalers Project
The Barrouallie Whalers Project and the work songs of St Vincent.
▶Ian Bell
Ian Bell talks about the songs of the Great Lakes.
▶The Yarmouth Shantymen
A conversation with Nova Scotia’s Yarmouth Shantymen.
▶Jim Mageean
Shanty singer Jim Mageean joins us from Whitby.
▶Seán Dagher
Seán Dagher talks about singing shanties for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag.
▶The Johnson Girls
A conversation with The Johnson Girls.
▶Gibb Schreffler & Craig Edwards
Gibb Schreffler and Craig Edwards discuss the history of shanties.
▶Alex McMurray
A conversation with New Orleans musician Alex McMurray.
▶Geoff Kaufman & Marc Bernier
Geoff Kaufman and Marc Bernier talk about Mystic Sea Music Festival.
▶David Coffin
David Coffin, known for his rendition of “Roll the Old Chariot”, joins us.
▶Remembering Stan Hugill
Singers remember Stan Hugill and the songs they learned from him.