Music & Shanties
Nautical Singing Traditions, Work Songs, Shanties, Lyrics, Music & Instruments.
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Ok, So I was trolling through youtube one night as Iam apt to do when I cant sleep and I stumbled across this shantie! Its Called Blackbird get up. I love this song and it sounds like it has its roots in black working songs. If any one knows any thing about this song can you please enlighten me! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKvW6SCieUE
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This is a song I wrote and video I made to go with it. Hope you enjoy it! Based on a joke I heard years ago! rob k can also be heard on soundclicC HiFi http://www.soundclic...0&q=hi&newref=1 LoFi http://www.soundclic...0&q=lo&newref=1 The Pirate Long ago there was a pirate from a rough motley band; Had a peg leg, had an eye patch, had a hook for a hand. Sure and one day some one asked him how he lost all his parts. Well he heaved a great sigh and then this story he starts. We attacked a Spanish galleon on a dark, moonless night. I was climbin' up a grapple to get into the fight. Someone reached out from a port hole and he hacked off me …
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Was unsure if any of you Sea Rovers had seen this, http://www.gutenberg...4-h/20774-h.htm Link to download: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20774
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My name is Roger. I am a member of the band House of Cadarn (www.houseofcadarn.net) My singing partner and I are looking for an additional muscian who can play a lead instrument such as a guitar, fiddle, consertina and maybe help with vocals. We perform at pirate and harbor festivals in the mid Atlantic area, such as the Blackbeard Festival in Hampton VA. If you are interested at the band's website or call 540-931-2298. Come make music with us.
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The Pirates Salty Ball, Mar 12, 6-12PM, Main St Pub, Manchester Ct - The Brigands and the Bawdy Buccaneers present an evening of dancing, piratey fun and mayhem. For our New England friends, this is The Brigands only scheduled 2011 appearence in N.E. No holds barred, no Faire Management looking over our shoulders. ...$20.00 at the door, w/light buffet dinner. Pirate or formal attire required. More info -631-434-7091
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Ahoy there mates!! Yet another preview of Henry Martin: Around the Bay! This time it's one of my first favorite "pirate" tunes... New York Girls. We opted for the less popular version, detailing the robbery of a sailor when he goes to bed with a "New York Girl" and features the chorus: "All you New York Girls, you love us for our money!" The CD is available now at: www.piratesinc.com ! Cheers, mates! Chris Henry Martin
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found a new internet radio system... LIVE365 You can access it via computer and many of the stations are free to listen to...type in PIRATE and see all the stations available ...great music old fashion sea shanties and other nautical songs.
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Tomorrow night will be a Bilgemunky Radio you WON'T want to miss! Featuring The Pirates Charles' brand new album Conquer - IN ITS ENTIRETY!!! But that's not all - members of The Pirates Charles band will join me live on the air to discuss this new CD for an online listening party! Any fans of the Pirates Charles and their off-kilter brand of pirate rock won't want to miss tomorrow night :) Bilgemunky Pirate Radio
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Avast there mates!! I'm in the process of redesigning my website and part of which is putting up clips/songs on YouTube from my albums. Here's one of my favorite tracks from my newest CD, "Henry Martin: Around the Bay" and one I'm sure you're all familiar with, "The Bonnie Ship the Diamond"! There's a good chance I'll be posting some other tunes on this forum as well in the future, so stay tuned! Recording/Arrangement Copyright 2010 Off Sides Entertainment If you like what you hear, more information (including how to get your own copy of the CD) is available here: www.piratesinc.org ! Happy Holidays to all!! Cheers, Christopher Captain Henry Martin
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The second album from the wonderful period band Brigands Folie is NOW AVAILABLE! http://www.brigandsfolie.com/index.htm Full of original and period songs from the 17-19th centuries this album is a must have for every historic music lover out there! Take a listen at the samples on the website, once you've started listening you won't be able to stop! Get them while they are hot folks. Chole
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Hey folks-- Just released my new CD, Henry Martin: Around the Bay, and here is track 16- a rollicking and epic song of piracy and bathtub toys- including plundering and death! Written by Katie Pierce and Copyright 2007 Kat Pierce Music. The whole CD is available at www.piratesinc.org/cd! More previews are available there! More to come soon, mates! Cheers, Captain Henry Martin
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300 years in the making!!! Modern Day Pirate the latest CD from the Musical Blades releases Dec 4th at Davey's Uptown in KC CD release party for both the Blades and Capt Black's Sea Dogges. available for order on the website two days later. And on Itunes, Amazon and such as quick as we can get it there after. Normally about 45 days. Patch will be getting the website updated hopefully tonight with previews of the tracks. -Cheeks-
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Finally!!!! the new CD of my early music ensemble, La Sainte Barbe is available. not pirate music but still period music It is French music from the 16 and 17th century with a bit of traditional French tunes that we presented initially for the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. You can listen to some excerpt on our Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lasaintebarbe after getting the info from the post office and discussing with my fellow musicians, we decided to do a special internet/forum price for the CD release. So for a limited time, the CD will be 20$ shipping included anywhere in north America!!! :) 22$ for Europe If you're interested, please contact me by email…
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I've been trying to research what a common simple woodwind instrument would have been from 1690 to 1720 that a sailor may have carried with him aboard ship. I think this period of time is considered part of the Baroque Period. I keep leaning toward the Flageolet [whistle flute], but I need input from those who are more knowledgable about musical instruments during this period of time. I have virtually no knowledge of music and instruments, because I have never been very musically inclined. But I wouldn't mind trying my hand at learning to play a small Flageolet-type instrument or fife, so that I could play some simple period songs at living history events some day while …
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I'm putting together a short video for my upcomming fundraiser and I need some piratey music in the background. Does anyone have any original compisitions or favorite sea shanty type music (no lyrics) they would be willing to send me to use for the video? My e-mail is csuttle3@gmail.com Need something dramatic but upbeat. Really appreciate all the help
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Hope I'm asking this in the right section. One of my pirate characters is a free black Haitian woman who was a street musician before she went to sea. I asked about suitable period instruments on another forum and one of the suggestions was a rebec. From what I could find out, it was fading in popularity, but still in use. In the right hands, it doesn't sound half bad. I'm kind of leaning toward it, since it fulfills most of my requirements (portable, cheap, gender/race-neutral, etc.). Problem is, while I know it was readily available in Europe, I have no idea if they were readily available in the Caribbean. Why not switch her to a violin, you ask? Because I've heard it…
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For the renfest and any other thing the Jade Dragon crew does, we stick to songs we know are not copyrighted or are listed as free domain and/or traditional. Sometimes we are inspired by versions from our favourite other performers but we are not doing their songs but more motivated and formed on their variation of a song. I've had a number of people come up to me with a list of songs they want to perform at BCRF. I remind them that their signed agreement/contract with us states that they are responsible for any copyrights or the like. We don't design their sets so we can't really control their performance in this way. I always tell them that the songs we (cast at …
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OK we have 5 new tunes so far for our 6th venture into recording, the working title for the CD is "Ship Happens", also the name of one of the tunes. What think you of the name? Too risque, for us? Bear in mind our other CD titles: Meet The Brigands Bloody Seamen Pirate Scum X Inner Buccaneer As usual, we perform the new stuff for a season, and then record it, so release will not be til Yule or thereabouts.
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We are wrting a new song, titled "The Guns of Hampton" and we need help from the crews that fired at the Blackbeard Festival. We neen the names of your long guns and the names of the crews who fired them. We have some but not all of this. Thanks in advance for everyone's help Capt T.
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Attach an audio file to a post, is it possible? Failing that you'll need to search out Waiting for Bonaparte by Men They Couldn't Hang for Smugglers The boat rides south of Ailsa Craig in the waning of the light There's thirty men in Lendalfit to make our burden light And there's thirty horse in Hazleholm with the halters on their heads All set this night up on your life if wind and water speed Smugglers drink of the Frenchmens wine and the darkest night is the smugglers time Away we ran from the excise man It's a smugglers life for me It's a smugglers life for me Oh lass you have a cozy bed, and cattle you have ten Can you not live a lawful life and live wit…
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The Irish Rovers were around even before my grandpa. My grandpa is an old seadog himself, having been in the Merchant Marines and the Navy. From what he's told me he should have a mansion in Davey Jone's Locker. There songs are songs of the sea, the pub, and nationality of Ireland. Here's some of their stuff. Farewell to Nova Stotia Craciunal in Killarney(Christmas in Killarney) The Day the Tall Ships Came Finnegan's Wake The Pub with No Beer What do you all think?
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The first song I heard of the Poxy Boggards seemed really random, but it was listening to them that got me into sea shanties and tavern songs. Most of what I hear from them is tavern songs, but they have a few sea shanties too. Here are a few links to some of their songs. These particular links will take you to someone who drew his own art for the videos posted. Holy Ground And, the first song I heard, .My late night pre-bed routine has become very relaxing. I sit at the computer listening either to the Boggards or to the Irish Rovers, smoke my pipe, and enjoy a good drink.
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While on my New England visit I took in an afternoon at Mystic Seaport Museum. As always the feel of stepping back in time to a whaling Community two centuries ago is appearant everywhere. At 4pm, aboard the Whaling Bark "C.W.Morgan", they observe the first Dog Watch. My friend and "Bones" virtuoso extraordinaire, Tim Reilly and three other staff members were doing what sailors do during this "off time" when not eating. One young lady was making a ditty bag and the others were making music. No Shanties as there was no work being done but "Fo'c's'l tunes" or "forebitters". Songs for the crews enjoyment. I sang the "Amphratryte". My favorite forebitter as the tunes went 'ro…
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Come on by if'n yer in the neighborhood!! Time is running out ! Better make that Reservation Now ! "Pirates of the Black Swan" http://www.piratesoftheblackswan.com/ Arrr biggest theatrical show of the year ! More boom boom more dancers more mayhem ! Ah just blooming more of everything ! Friday April 30th Show Time 8:00pm At The Coffee Gallery Backstage 2029 N. Lake Altadena, California 91001 Reservation phone: (626) 794-2424 (regular business hours). Ticket Price $15.00 ea. http://www.coffeegallery.com/home.html Please feel free to wear your Pirate gear ! You supply the Rum ! We'll supply the Fun !
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