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The Shanty Show
The world's foremost podcast about shanties — featuring conversations with the best shanty singers, scholars, and historians from around the world.
All Episodes
▶Bob Walser
Scholar, singer, and author — Bob Walser on the deep history and radical joy of the shanty tradition.
▶Fergus O'Byrne
Ryan's Fancy legend Fergus O'Byrne on Newfoundland music, the sea, and a life spent singing.
▶Remembering Tall 12
A tribute to Tall 12, one of the last working shanty groups, and the men who kept the tradition alive.
▶Tom Lewis
Cold War submariner turned shanty songwriter — Tom Lewis on life below the surface and songs above it.
▶The Biggest Shanty Band of the 80s
The untold story of the group that packed halls across Britain when shanties were anything but trendy.
▶Jim Mageean Interviews Us
The tables are turned — Whitby's Jim Mageean puts Pressgang Mutiny in the hot seat for 73 minutes.
▶Live at the Connecticut Sea Music Museum
A live performance and conversation recorded at one of North America's finest maritime institutions.
▶Brise-Glace
Recorded live at Fundy — Brise-Glace on the wild collision of Breton and Québécois tradition.
▶Chris Ricketts
A live special with one of Britain's most beloved shanty singers — expect singing, laughing, and chaos.
▶Martin Hugill
Son of Stan Hugill — the world's last working shantyman — Martin on growing up inside the tradition.
▶Michał Gramatyka
Polish member of parliament, shanty singer, and member of Perły i Łotry — because why not?
▶JD — The Longest Johns
JD from the world's most-streamed shanty band joins us to sing, argue, and talk about what shanties actually are.
▶Heather Wood
Founder of Young Tradition and one of British folk's greatest voices — Heather Wood on harmony, history, and staying power.
▶Kimber's Men
The legendary Kimber's Men on decades of shanty singing and why the tradition keeps finding new audiences.
▶Ian Robb & James Stephens
Two giants of Canadian folk music on the deep connections between shanties and the broader tradition.
▶Gary Caines — Fundy Sea Shanty Festival
The story behind the Fundy Sea Shanty Festival and why New Brunswick became a capital of the tradition.
▶Miquel Perez — El Pony Pisador
Shanties in Catalonia — Miquel Perez on how maritime music took root far from any working harbour.
▶Coda
Irish group Coda on what happens when Celtic harmony meets the shanty — and whether the fit is natural or forced.
▶Séan McCann
Great Big Sea's Séan McCann on Newfoundland, the sea, and a life shaped by songs that needed to be sung loud.
▶Barrouallie Whalers Project
St. Vincent's living whaling tradition — the Barrouallie Whalers on work songs still sung where the work still happens.
▶Ian Bell
Great Lakes historian Ian Bell on the distinct shanty tradition that grew up in freshwater — and why it matters.
▶The Yarmouth Shantymen
Nova Scotia's Yarmouth Shantymen on keeping the East Coast tradition alive through sheer stubbornness.
▶Jim Mageean
Whitby's Jim Mageean — the singer every other shanty singer mentions first — on what makes a shanty actually work.
▶Seán Dagher
The voice behind Assassin's Creed Black Flag's shanties on what it was like to bring the tradition to 30 million players.
▶The Johnson Girls
The group that proved shanties weren't just for men — The Johnson Girls on breaking into a tradition that tried to keep them out.
▶Gibb Schreffler & Craig Edwards
Two leading shanty scholars on what the historical record actually says — and how much of what we think we know is wrong.
▶Alex McMurray
New Orleans musician Alex McMurray on the surprising overlap between the shanty tradition and the city's street music.
▶Geoff Kaufman & Marc Bernier
The founders of Mystic Sea Music Festival on building North America's most important maritime music gathering from scratch.
▶David Coffin
The viral "Roll the Old Chariot" man himself — David Coffin on the song that introduced a generation to shanties.
▶Remembering Stan Hugill
Shanty singers from around the world pay tribute to Stan Hugill — the last working shantyman and the tradition's greatest scholar.
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