Last month, we shared exciting news from Topic Records of the release of ‘Sea Song Sessions’, a collection of British maritime folk songs and sea shanties, performed by a collective of some of British folk music’s leading lights: Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter.
In that earlier announcement, we shared their first single ‘The Rambling Sailor’ and today, we have the pleasure of premiering their video for ‘The Dreadnought (Bound Away)’ which was filmed by Adam Clitheroe.
On the track: “Jack found this song in The Oxford Book of Sea Songs and added his own music and chorus. It’s one of those songs that has crossed the seas with lyrics adapted to many different ships and nations as it travelled…it’s full of the excitement of large sailing ships, larger oceans and the prospect of new beginnings.”
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear songs from the ‘Sea Song Sessions’ at three, one-off harbourside and onboard performances as they sail by Tallship ’Anny of Charlestown’ from performance to performance along the Cornish coastline this month. More information is below.
The concept for the album came to them in 2021, when they were asked to prepare an evening of sea-related songs for the Folkestone Festival. Boden’s celebrated work with Bellowhead (of course no strangers to sea-faring songs) and Ben Nicholls’ band, Kings of The South Seas (who play exclusively maritime-influenced music), Seth Lakeman’s own extensive body of work from the South West as well as Emily Portman and Jack Rutter’s sizeable oceanic repertoires, all formed the natural foundation and inspiration for these acclaimed musicians to conceive the ‘Sea Song Sessions’.
You can hear songs from the Sea Song Sessions performed live at three, one-off harbourside and onboard performances from the group and their friends. They will sail by Tallship ’Anny of Charlestown’ from performance to performance along the Cornish coastline at the end of September.
UK SEA SONG SESSIONS TOUR DATES:
TICKETS: https://charlestown-harbour.myshopwired.co.uk/event-tickets
Tuesday 27 September 2022
LOOE HARBOUR
JON BODEN, SETH LAKEMAN, BEN NICHOLLS & JACK RUTTER
Wednesday 28 September 2022
CHARLESTOWN HARBOUR
JON BODEN, SETH LAKEMAN, BEN NICHOLLS & JACK RUTTER
Friday 30 September 2022
FALMOUTH MARITIME MUSEUM
SETH LAKEMAN, BENJI KIRKPATRICK, BEN NICHOLLS & GEOFF LAKEMAN
Sea Song Sessions is out on 30th September 2022 on Topic Records.
Pre-order the album here: https://seasongsessions.lnk.to/album