'And Other Songs of Shore and Home'

'Dick Miles and Friends'

Concertina virtuoso Dick Miles is a familiar figure at sea festivals and folk clubs. With sleeve notes and an essay on 'Sailortown'

'The Shanty Crew'

The groups leader, Chris Roche sailed aboard the 'Soren Larsen' and is a genuine Cape Horner. 50 pages of sleeve notes and full lyrics. Mentioned as an authentic collection in the 'Groves Dictionary of Music.

'The Mollyhawks'

This popular Norwich based group regularly perform at maritime festivals and aboard sailing vessels. With full lyrics and notes.

By D. Proctor, edited by R. Baker
From the shanty and the boatswain's call to the compositions of midshipman Rimsky Korsakov, from the music Columbus took with him to the New World to the development of the Royal Marines Band Service, this is the first book to fully explore the wide range of musical experience in the story of man's relationship with ships and the sea.

Illustrated with images from the National Maritime Museums's Historic Photographs collection, 'Music of the Sea' looks afresh at the weave of cultures - how seafarers exchanged musical skills and knowledge with peoples of other lands,

176pp 245x170mm Pb. 50 colour and 50 b/w images