Bois Y Bryn is a Sea Shanty Band based in Cwmbran, South Wales formed by singers from local choirs and bands. They enjoy performing a foot-tapping, audience-engaging yet harmonious range of primarily shanty but with a spattering of folk, including Welsh sounds. The group hosts Sea Shanty Night at the Barry… Read more…
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- 23 Sept 1991 Peter Bellamy Dies
Peter Bellamy Peter Franklyn Bellamy (8 September 1944 – 24 September 1991) was an English folk singer. He was a founding member of The Young Tradition and also had a long solo career, recording numerous albums and touring folk clubs and concert halls. He is noted for his ballad-opera The Transports, and has been acknowledged as a major influence by performers of later generations including Damien Barber, Oli Steadman, and Jon Boden.
Bellamy died by suicide on 24 September 1991 in Keighley, an event that baffled many in the folk music community. At the time, he was working with Fellside Records on a project to record major British unaccompanied singing talents. However, according to a thread called 'Boring, Bleating Old Traddy' on the online Mudcat Café folk music forum, several of his friends had found him depressed at the way his folk club bookings had unaccountably fallen away after the respect with which The Transports had been received.
Read the complete Wikipedia biography here.
Groups and Solo Performers
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Song of the Lakes
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Eight Bells
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Venues and Events
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Stichting Shantyfestival Rotterdam
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Bermuda Sailing Assocation
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Beaufort Pirate Invasion
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U.S. Lighthouse Society
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