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ZeektheFreak (ZTF)1d ago

The (funny) Pirates are back.

#zeekthefreak #zéèk #pirates #humour #seashanty #indiesingersongwriter #indieartist #alternativeartist

https://zeekthefreak.bandcamp.com/track/life-on-the-jolly-buckin-fastbard-2

Life on the jolly Buckin' Fastbard, by ZeektheFreak

from the album Salvage: The Collected Works

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CBC New Brunswick 5d ago

Singing the praises of the sea shanty in Saint John
Gary Caines wants sea shanties to be a part of the city's future, as well as its past, so he organized social singing workshops as part of the Springtide Shanty Festival.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7146352?cmp=rss

Richard Hendricks Mar 17

Yes, we hear that roar from beyond the deep
We have no fear of myth or beast
Brave souls of tar and salt are we
And we'll answer the call of the embedded C.

(apologies to Elle Cordova)

#programming #embedded #SeaShanty

Mayor of Banjotown Mar 12

Next time I post this I'm going to have the left hand going too

It's going to be a while 🫠

#concertina #seaShanty

Longreads Mar 5

"He sensed tension between the band members and Guzmán, and he noticed that the individual Sailors seemed to be scraping by."

An excerpt from the new Atavist issue by Peter Ward—about the dark secret of a ShantyTok folk band:

https://longreads.com/2026/03/05/sea-shanty-wales-atavist/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Nonfiction #Journalism #Wales #Folk #Music #Slavery #Labor #ShantyTok #SeaShanty

The Dark and Stormy Tale of a ShantyTok Band

When a scraggly band of folk musicians arrived to tour the UK, residents of a small Welsh town were enamored—until they learned that the band’s leader ruled with an iron fist.

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