plural chanteys or chanties or shanties
: a song sung by sailors in rhythm with their work
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The United States Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus is an outreach programs of the U.S. Navy and performs a variety of music ranging from traditional choral works to sea chanteys, patriotic fare, and even opera.
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oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2023
Ralph Tufo plays a sea chantey on his concertina.
—Cindy Cantrell, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2021
Sea chantey TikToks are choral performances that will never see the inside of a concert hall, even if the folks behind them get record deals.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 12 Apr. 2021
Sea Music Festival The 39th annual Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport features four days of workshops, concerts, a children’s stage with special performances and demonstrations of maritime work songs – or chanteys – aboard historic vessels.
—Hartford Courant, courant.com, 4 June 2018
Since 1871, the group has serenaded audiences with folk songs, love songs, show tunes, sea chanteys, and semi-classical music.
—Kathy Shiels Tully, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2018
Join a sea chantey sing along at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. In honor of Earth Day, the Aquarium of the Bay is organizing volunteers to clean the Park’s Aquatic Park beach from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. https://AquaticPark EarthDay2018.eventbrite.com.
—Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
Primarily abandoning the ’80s-style synthesizers that coat much of their new studio material, the Decemberists relied on folk-rock and sea-chantey standbys — as well as the golden throats of prior collaborators Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor.
—Bob Gendron, chicagotribune.com, 11 Apr. 2018
The Sea Chanters, the U.S. Navy’s official chorus, is set to perform a variety of music ranging from traditional choral music, sea chanteys and patriotic fare to opera, Broadway and contemporary music.
—Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
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oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2023
Ralph Tufo plays a sea chantey on his concertina.
—Cindy Cantrell, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2021
Sea chantey TikToks are choral performances that will never see the inside of a concert hall, even if the folks behind them get record deals.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 12 Apr. 2021
Sea Music Festival The 39th annual Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport features four days of workshops, concerts, a children’s stage with special performances and demonstrations of maritime work songs – or chanteys – aboard historic vessels.
—Hartford Courant, courant.com, 4 June 2018
Since 1871, the group has serenaded audiences with folk songs, love songs, show tunes, sea chanteys, and semi-classical music.
—Kathy Shiels Tully, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2018
Join a sea chantey sing along at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. In honor of Earth Day, the Aquarium of the Bay is organizing volunteers to clean the Park’s Aquatic Park beach from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. https://AquaticPark EarthDay2018.eventbrite.com.
—Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
Primarily abandoning the ’80s-style synthesizers that coat much of their new studio material, the Decemberists relied on folk-rock and sea-chantey standbys — as well as the golden throats of prior collaborators Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor.
—Bob Gendron, chicagotribune.com, 11 Apr. 2018
The Sea Chanters, the U.S. Navy’s official chorus, is set to perform a variety of music ranging from traditional choral music, sea chanteys and patriotic fare to opera, Broadway and contemporary music.
—Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
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