Release Date: 12 March 2007
Label: Topic
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5016272464025
Genres: Folk English Folk
Description
Great Britain is an island nation whose very nature has been shaped by the sea and those who sailed it. So much of our national character and language can be traced back to our seafaring traditions, and there is always public interest in anything nautical.
This is a treasure chest of seafaring songs delivered by such fine interpreters as Ewan MacColl, The Watersons, Bob Davenport, Louis Killen, Ian Campbell and Cyril Tawney. The two dozen performances include some of the best-known of all British sea songs and shanties, evoking a long and turbulent history of shipwrecks and sea-battles, of tall ships and whalers and the men who sailed in them.
Tracklisting
Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay
Angeline Morrison
The Watersons
Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman, Jack Rutter
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage
Anne Briggs
Martin Simpson
Fay Hield
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
