Sea Shanties

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    Anna Ash And The Family Tree
     
    My Oh My
    Strings, voices, and church echo echo
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
     
    Woody Simmons
     
    Take Me Back To Hanalei
    "Take Me Back To Hanalei" is a wonderful, sweet song to sit back, listen to, and dream of being in the islands. Everyone who has ever visited the islands will understand, and those who haven't will want to. Give your troubles a break!
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
     
    True Gents
     
    True Gents - EP
    9-piece scottish ensemble combining folk with contemporary.
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
     
    Rapskallion
     
    One up for the little man
    Original, gypsy inspired all acoustic party music from Melbourne, Australia. Playful, sultry cabaret, sing-along sea shanties, and more than a splash of vaudeville.
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
     
    Pirates For Sail
     
    Band on the Rum
    Our second album: more authentic piracy, direct from the high seas to your ears!
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
     
    Ezza Rose
     
    Through The Music Box
    Gypsy, gothic folk, waltz heavy, heart break, vintage, love bound... It will take you to places that have hurt but are addicting to visit.
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
     
    Eric Claesson & The Scowlers
     
    Crumpled In The Sun - EP
    Gypsy-Folk Americana. Sounds like: The Decemberists turned into Vikings!
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
     
    Faten Kanaan
     
    Bells Around the Bonfire
    Songs for Winter mountains, lost islands, and desert nights- influenced by the shared roots of Appalachian chanteys and Middle Eastern folk music.
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
     
    Ian Bell
     
    My Pious Friends & Drunken Companions
    Traditional Canadian songs and instrumental music. Deep acoustic arrangements accompanied by some of Canada's finest roots musicians.
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
     
    The Widow's Bane
     
    The Widow's Bane
    Old-time, gypsy, klezmer, gothic, pirate-polka, folk-rock.
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     

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    John Kraus
    Donkey Off a Dead Horse
    Sea shanties done in a off-folk fashion
    John Andrew Kraus did not have headphones as a teenager. His brother’s ridiculously large stereo speakers turned inward at a distance barely exceeding the width of John Andrew Kraus’ head would have to do.(for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were best understood this way.) John Andrew Kraus did not play jazz or classical music like his four siblings. Singing with a reed instrument in your mouth was just not practical. A loud electric guitar would do instead. John Andrew Kraus sang harmonies with his dad in the car, secretly enjoying the lush vocal harmonies of the Gatlin Brothers, the Irish Rovers and the rest of dad’s washed up, old-persons’ music. How could John Andrew Kraus like Nick Cave and Larry Gatlin? The struggle would torment young John Andrew for years. So, when the other siblings went on to earn advanced degrees in music, John Andrew Kraus went to sea -- on Tall Ships. That is to say, working on large wooden vessels with multiple masts, doing the work of sailors. And it was there that John Andrew Kraus stayed for ten years, learning the ropes and lots and lots of sea shanties. It’s actually just part of the job. John Andrew Kraus eventually became Captain. Armed with a 100-ton masters ticket, he was now poised for a long and fruitful career in seafaring. What a perfect time to quit the job and pick up a banjo. John Andrew Kraus tore himself from the sea and hit the road for a year of playing banjo with L.A.’s bluegrass-punk darlings, Rose’s Pawn Shop. It was on the corner of St. Anne and Bourbon Street in New Orleans while on tour with said punk-grassers when John Andrew Kraus’ destiny became clear. To marry his two passions in life: music and sailing, but how? John Andrew Kraus hates most folk singers and people in general, so this unlikely matrimony leaves one obvious and narrow genre: Sea Shanties - Often offensive songs sung by degenerate sailors created beyond the ears of any civilized company. So, upon determined research, a home recording studio, a pair of headphones (finally), “donkey off a dead horse” was born. Taking a pointed stance against traditionally performed music, John Andrew Kraus produces a collection of some of the finest songs of the sea from the past 2 centuries. In “donkey off a dead horse”, John Andrew Kraus modernizes a selection of sea shanties into one relevant and urgent-sounding CD that leaves mockers of trad music singing, and trad music lovers scratching their heads and checking their rule books.
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
    97th Regimental String Band
    Saturday Night at Sea
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
    The Woods Tea Co.
    A Lively Evening Dvd & Cd
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
    True Gents
    True Gents - EP
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     
    Jane Lui
    Barkentine
    Folk: Sea Shanties
     

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      Top Songs

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      1.
      Reef Down Day
      Them Eastport Oyster Boys
      Folk: Sea Shanties
       
       
      2.
      Miss Lonesome
      Them Eastport Oyster Boys
      Folk: Sea Shanties
       
       
      3.
      Cruzan Rum
      Them Eastport Oyster Boys
      Folk: Sea Shanties
       
       
      4.
      Good Hat, Good Dog,Good Boat
      Them Eastport Oyster Boys
      Folk: Sea Shanties
       
       
      5.
      Sub Aquatic Vegetation Tango (SAV)
      Them Eastport Oyster Boys
      Folk: Sea Shanties
       
       
      6.
      Deck Shoe Sea Chantey
      Them Eastport Oyster Boys
      Folk: Sea Shanties
       
       
      7.
      Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye
      Marc Gunn
      Folk: Sea Shanties
       
       
      8.
      Spanish Ladies
      Black Irish Band
      Folk: Sea Shanties
       
       
      9.
      The Seamen's Hymn
      John Roberts & Tony Barrand
      Folk: Sea Shanties
       
       
      10.
      Take Me Back To Hanalei
      Woody Simmons
      Folk: Sea Shanties