The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #166019   Message #3988826
Posted By: ChanteyLass
23-Apr-19 - 10:46 PM
Thread Name: Should women sing chanties
Subject: RE: Should women sing chanties
I enjoyed hearing the She Shanties at the above link.
Bonnie Milner of the Johnson Girls has been a teacher of the Sea Music classes at Mystic Seaport. Because I've taken the classes, I've had several conversations with her. She and the other Johnson Girls not only sing these songs, but they also know the history and origins of them I'll be seeing them perform on Saturday night, and earlier in the day I'll see Bonnie when the current Sea Music Class students give their final,performance.
Here's a fairly recent video of them singing in New Hampshire in late September, 2018. I like they way they created a medley of Ranzo songs with each of them taking the lead on one of those songs.