Some of the best women shanty singers from the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, B.C.) formed a group called "St. Elmo's Choir" in the early 90's. I think it started out as a "Folklife Band." They were: Mariide Widman, Mary Benson, Chris Roe, Trapper Graves, Maureen Campbell, Pat Thompson, and Andrea Aldridge. They recorded two albums, "Syrens" and "White Stocking Day," the first of which I have. The traditional shanties on that record were:

Johnny Come Down to Hilo
Essequibo River
Sally Racket
Shallow Brown
Let the Bulgine Run
Flash Company
Bold Benjamin
Johnson Gals
Davy Lauston

Aloha,
Mark

I just did a search on St. Elmo's choir and found a "pirates" website frequented by Trapper Graves, who says the band has changed some and is now called Broadside.