Album Notes

For the past thirty years, Geoff Kaufman has been leading audiences to find truth, humor and beauty in folk music. Whether singing sailor songs at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut or environmental songs on board the Sloop Clearwater in the Hudson River; or in solo performances at coffeehouses throughout the U. S. to festivals in Europe, Geoff has entertained and touched audiences near and far.

Geoff has been called “one of the finest and strongest tenor voices on the folk scene” and is most widely known for his music of the sea, a specialty which began in 1976 in preparation to sing for Op Sail ‘76 in New York City with a quartet named STOUT, and honed over the last twenty-five years during his employment at Mystic Seaport as a chanteyman, Foreman of Interpretive Music Programs and Director of the annual Sea Music Festival. This long connection with music of the sea has lead to regular performances on sailing schooners from the Mystic Whaler out of New London, CT (and Baltimore, MD in the fall) to the J & E Riggin out of Rockland, Maine and the Appledore during her winter season in Key West. The love of fellow sailors and audiences for these songs that tell stories of life and work on the water inspired Geoff to record this new album of maritime favorites.

While Geoff has stayed on one day a week as a chanteyman at Mystic Seaport when he’s not away, he now tours extensively, carrying his music from Maine to the Chesapeake, Louisiana, Florida and Texas, the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii. Visit his website at http://geoffkaufman.com/ to check Geoff’s schedule and more.