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Shanty crew The Longest Johns

The best folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

Bristol shanty singers The Longest Johns talk about surfing the recent wave of online shanties, and recording their new album, Smoke & Oakum.

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Richard Thompson

    Long John Silver

    • Still.
    • Proper.
  • Iona Fyfe

    Poor Ditching Boy

  • Heisk

    Angus

    • Heisk.
  • Jon Wilks

    Pretty Girls of Brummagem

    • Up the Cut.
  • The Longest Johns

    Hard Times Come Again No More

    • Smoke & Oakum.
    • Decca.
  • Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage

    A Winter's Night

    • Ink of the Rosy Morning.
    • Topic Records.
  • The Longest Johns

    The Mary Ellen Carter

    • Smoke & Oakum.
    • Decca.
  • Jack White

    Love Is Selfish

    • Entering Heaven Alive.
    • Third Man Records.
  • Clannad

    A Celtic Dream

    • In a Lifetime.
    • BMG.
  • The East Pointers

    Pour Over

    • What We Leave Behind.
  • AnaΓ―s Mitchell

    Bright Star

    • Single.
    • BMG.

Broadcast

  • Wed 19 Jan 2022 21:00