Posted by Jock on September 26, 2011 at 22:31:47 user Jock.
In Reply to: Chantey (Shantey) Sing in San Francisco - celebrating 30 years posted by Dave Thewlis on September 25, 2011 at 06:39:26:
This is very impressive and I suspect that the shanties are sung in a more authentic manner
than over here. In Poland sea shanties are very popular and several thousand people at a time
attend the big festivals. The oldest shanty festival – Shanties at Krakow celebrated its 30th
anniversary this year.
The music has morphed - and few old salts from the days of sail would recognize the latest
'hits' as resembling anything that was once sung on deck. But a few first class shanty singers
from Britain – Stan Hughill, Ian Woods and Johnny Collins – did come to the Polish festivals
to lend an authentic sound to the proceedings.
For more about the Krakow festival 'cut and paste' the following URL into Google Translate:
http://shanties.krakow.pl/index.php