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Shanties and sea songs, with The Longest Johns

The home of folk and acoustic music on Radio 2 and ±«Óãtv Sounds.

This week, Mark shares an hour of maritime music, from hearty shanties to beautiful songs of the sea.

The home of folk and acoustic music on Radio 2 and ±«Óãtv Sounds.

Mark shares an hour of maritime music, from hearty shanties to beautiful songs of the sea.

Partly inspired by the recent internet craze for shanty singing (and his own past in the band Galleon Blast) Mark takes a bracing dip in our seafaring traditions, playing sailors' work songs and ballads of life aboard ship.

Jonathan 'JD' Darley and Robbie Sattin from Bristol group The Longest Johns share their long-held love of shanties and explain how they got caught up in the recent explosion of interest.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 3 Feb 2021 21:00
±«Óãtv Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Nathan Evans

    Wellerman

  • Nathan Evans, 220 KID & Billen Ted

    Wellerman (220 KID x Billen Ted Remix)

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Pay Me My Money Down

  • Stan Hugill

    Blow The Man Down

  • Heidi Talbot

    Sally Brown

  • Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson

    Hog-Eye Man

  • The Longest Johns

    Haul Away Joe

  • Sandy Denny

    The Lowlands Of Holland (Live At ±«Óãtv Folk On One, London 1970)

  • Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight

    Some Old Salty

  • The Fisherman’s Friends

    John Kanaka

  • Bellowhead

    Gosport Nancy

  • Cyril Tawney

    The Nightingale

  • The Shanty Crew

    Do Let Me 'lone Susan

  • Ellen Cohn

    Ten Penny Bit

  • The Young'uns

    Pique La Baleine

  • Emily Smith

    The Final Trawl

Broadcast

  • Wed 3 Feb 2021 21:00
    ±«Óãtv Radio 2