Our hometown of Southend-on-Sea in Essex is steeped in fishing and cockling industries, which has drawn us naturally to sea shanties, the sailors’ working songs. We love the story-telling aspect to shanty-singing and we are passionately committed to ensuring that these songs remain in the public domain and not lost at sea!
The crew:
CAPTAIN DARLING – Enjoys whipping this motley crew harmonically-shipshape.
GRACE DARLING – Steers the crew steady amidst the turbulent seas of bad harmonies and bum notes.
BABY DARLING – The youngest EVER member of an all-female sea shanty crew in the world. Probably.
SALTY DARLING – Possessor of a fiercely dry sense of humour, making us chuckle with her escapades and unique observations.
VIKING DARLING – The Nordic one, keeps us howling with laughter with her comic timing and theatricality.
CAULKHEAD DARLING – Historian and jack(ess?) of all trades: there is nothing this fiesty female cannot turn her hand to!
