Shanty Discography - Latest Releases -
Last updated 20th August 2007. We have stopped adding new releases, as the website of the Chantey Cabin is much more up to date and is also the place to get your
supplies. See link below.
FESTIVALS 2012
We are trying to update the website to include as much information as possible on shanty & maritime festivals for the forthcoming year. If you would like us to include
details of your festivals, please email alan@shanty.co.uk.
Thanks
Alan Hardy
BALTIC FLEET, LIVERPOOL
For a long time there hasn't been enough maritime music in Liverpool. The owner of The Baltic Fleet, Simon,
has agreed to running a monthly sing there. The plan is that it will be the last Saturday of every month
(with the exception of this August when it will be the 20th). It will be getting started around 8.30pm.
Whether you want to sing or to listen you are welcome, come along if you can make it.
For those of you who are too far away to come regularly stick the dates in your diary and if you find
yourselves in this neck of the woods drop in.
Venue:
Baltic Fleet, 33A Wapping, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 8DQ 0151 709 3116
Dates:
20/08/11, 24/09/11, 29/10/11 and 26/11/11. December date to be set.
For further information, visit: www.liverpoolseashanty.co.uk
The Maritime Art of Kenneth D Shoesmith
Kenneth Denton Shoesmith was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and of the British
Society of Poster Designers. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Paris Salon and at the Walker Art Gallery,
Liverpool in addition to one-man shows in Belfast and Liverpool. His work today is known and appreciated by
only a few, yet his maritime art perfectly captures the romance and adventure of ocean liner travel in the
1920’s and 1930’s. Much of his work was for Royal Mail Lines although other shipping companies of the day
employed his skills, including Canadian Pacific Railways, Blue Funnel, Union Castle and Anchor Line. The
pinnacle of his career was the collection of murals for Cunard White Star‘s “Queen Mary” whose maiden voyage
was in 1936. Thankfully, both the ship and the murals have survived to this day at Long Beach, California.
A new book, celebrating this artist, has just be produced by Glyn Evans and it includes many of Shoesmith's
paintings. For further information, visit: www.shoesmith-art.com
"Shanties on the Radio"
There are regular programmes on various radio stations available via "web links" to download programmes of sea music.
For further information, visit: RADIO SCUTTLEBUTT RADIO RIDDERKERK
Accommodation
If you are visiting a shanty or maritime festival and looking for somewhere to stay, why not give
a try.
a try.
