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From shanties like Stormalong to ballads like The Ballina Whalers, this nautically themed collection explores 40 haunting, uplifting, mournful, and inspirational songs sung by sailors as they sailed the high seas. Beautifully illustrated with hand-drawn or woodcut illustrations, Sailor Song provides social, historical, and musical background on the tunes; explanations of terminology, and a snippet of musical notation. A specially recorded CD, along with links to digital versions, allows you to experience these magnificent shanties firsthand.

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Peter Truin runs London's Trad Academy Sea Shanty Choir, and sings in his own sea shanty band, The Ballina Whalers, which has played Glastonbury and the Green Man Festival as well as sessions with Mark Radcliffe on Radio 2 and Fiona Talkington on Radio 3. Peter studied at the Royal Academy of Music, leads music workshops, and has spent several years compiling the musical arrangements of sea shanties and researching maritime culture.

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