Shanties and sea songs, with The Longest Johns
The home of folk and acoustic music on Radio 2 and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds.
This week, Mark shares an hour of maritime music, from hearty shanties to beautiful songs of the sea.
The home of folk and acoustic music on Radio 2 and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds.
Mark shares an hour of maritime music, from hearty shanties to beautiful songs of the sea.
Partly inspired by the recent internet craze for shanty singing (and his own past in the band Galleon Blast) Mark takes a bracing dip in our seafaring traditions, playing sailors' work songs and ballads of life aboard ship.
Jonathan 'JD' Darley and Robbie Sattin from Bristol group The Longest Johns share their long-held love of shanties and explain how they got caught up in the recent explosion of interest.
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Nathan Evans
Wellerman
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Nathan Evans, 220 KID & Billen Ted
Wellerman (220 KID x Billen Ted Remix)
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Bruce Springsteen
Pay Me My Money Down
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Stan Hugill
Blow The Man Down
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Heidi Talbot
Sally Brown
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Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson
Hog-Eye Man
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The Longest Johns
Haul Away Joe
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Sandy Denny
The Lowlands Of Holland (Live At Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Folk On One, London 1970)
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Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight
Some Old Salty
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The Fisherman’s Friends
John Kanaka
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Bellowhead
Gosport Nancy
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Cyril Tawney
The Nightingale
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The Shanty Crew
Do Let Me 'lone Susan
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Ellen Cohn
Ten Penny Bit
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The Young'uns
Pique La Baleine
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Emily Smith
The Final Trawl
Broadcast
- Wed 3 Feb 2021 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2