For those who are interested in these things, there is a series of sea chantey disks by what appears to be a recording company,Le Chasse-Maree/ArMen. I found two out of a 16- disk series at Down Home Records (Arhoolie) in El Cerrito. They had only a few. None is in the Mudcat store, a grievous if understandable oversight.

I have Chants de Marins Traditionnels. Would go so far as to say, this is the best thing since Lloyd & McColl did that record in the 1960's. No one who cares about sea music should be without it, and for someone who has a slight interest, this is the disk to have. In addition to classical French stuff like "Jean Francois de Nantes" and "Capitaine de Saint-Malo," it also has some top-notch recent songs in English. Only the best.

The series also includes a lot of Breton music, which I have not sampled, but which looks extremely interesting.