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Dan Zanes & Festival Five Folk, Sea Music
Audio CD
Disk ID: 609842
Disk length: 48m 39s (14 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2003
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Strike the Bell | 2:57 |
| 2. Farewell, Nova Scotia | 2:37 |
| 3. Cape Cod Girls | 2:07 |
| 4. Shenandoah | 4:53 |
| 5. Blow Ye Winds in the Morning | 4:25 |
| 6. All for Me Grog | 2:42 |
| 7. Leaving of Liverpool | 3:38 |
| 8. Windy Old Weather | 2:52 |
| 9. Sloop John B | 4:12 |
| 10. Long Time Ago | 1:08 |
| 11. Mingulay Boat Song | 5:13 |
| 12. Deep Blue Sea | 2:57 |
| 13. The Mermaid | 4:20 |
| 14. Rolling Home | 4:31 |
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Review
On Sea Music, former Del Fuegos frontman turned kid's music songster Dan Zanes performs a set of old sea shanties in a rough-hewn but charming manner. He takes songs that have been worn smooth from constant use, artfully scuffs them up, and restores them to their former "ragged but right" glory. His performance of "Shenandoah," for example, features some fine Leadbelly-style 12-string guitar picking and an anguished vocal that almost erases the memory of the polite, formal choral arrangements that usually smother the song. And his "Sloop John B" sails along on jaunty banjos and mandolins rather than the slick harmonies of the Beach Boys' version. These shanties were originally created by sailors as work songs, and consequently they have choruses that are perfect for singing along. Zanes is joined on many tracks by an enthusiastic chorus of kids who are obviously having a wonderful time belting out the sometimes salty lyrics. As with all of Zanes's recordings for children, adults are likely to find themselves listening to this wonderful music even when the kids aren't underfoot. --Michael John Simmons
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