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SEA SONGS & SHANTIES

La Nef
Seán Dagher


ACD2 2749

• Sea songs didn't start out as music to be heard.   They were songs to sing, songs to help with the work, songs to pass the time.   These songs were spread by the oral tradition, resulting in many variations.   Singers Nils Brown, Michiel Schrey, and Clayton Kennedy join Seán Dagher and La Nef in performing these songs with a new twist, while preserving their specific character and original appeal.

• Seán Dagher is an active performer, arranger, and composer of music from various classical and folk music traditions: Celtic, Baroque, Medieval, Arabic, Quebecois, and Maritime.   He is artistic director and principal arranger of Skye Consort and and is a member of La Nef's Artistic Commitee.

• Founded in 1991, La Nef is a company dedicated to the creation and production of early and contemporary music.   It engages musicians and artists in all disciplines according to the needs of its productions. La Nef produces concerts and recitals of early and traditional music that are based on historical and literary themes.


Seán Dagher
voix (solo 6, 9, 12, 16) cistre, harmonium, shruti box, direction musicale | voice, cittern, harmonium, shruti box, Musical director
Nils Brown
voix (solo 7, 11, 14) | voice
Michiel Schrey
voix (solo 5, 13) | voice
Clayton Kennedy
voix (3, 10) | voice
David Gossage
flutes, voix, percussions, harmonium | flutes, voice, percussion, harmonium
Nelson Carter
violon, percussion, voix (solo 2) | vio/in, percussion, voice
Andrew Horton
contrebasse, voix | double bass, voice

Arrangements / Compositions
Seán Dagher (1-16), avec Nelson Carter (2, 4, 15) et David Gossage (4, 8, 10, 14)


1. Leave Her, Johnny     [4:05]
2. Go To Sea No More     [3:22]
3. Stormalong John     [2:35]
4. Out On The Ocean     [2:28]
5. Over The Hills And Faraway     [3.40]
6. Randy Dandy, 0     [3:31]
7. Lowlands Away     [3.27]
8. The Captain's (Hind) Quarters     [4.04]
  9. The Press Gang     [3.04]
10. One More Day     [3:05]
11. Hangin' Johnny     [3:09]
12. Haul On The Bowline     [2:47]
13. Rolling Down To Old Maui     [4:06]
14. Blood Red Roses     [3:30]
15. Rolling The Waves     [2:47]
16. Shallow Brown     [3:03]



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