Alan Short

Alan Short has been singing since childhood—slipping into folk clubs since early teens and performing many genres of music, from choral to rock, with a lifelong interest in traditional folk music and in particular, maritime music. Originally from England, he has lived in the USA since the mid-80s. 

He performs traditional and mostly nautical folk music in a powerful and rousing a cappella style. ‘Infected’ by folk music from early childhood and never cured, with a few side tracks into rock, choral, and new age, his heart and soul is now firmly entrenched in the music of those who sailed the oceans, after all, what’s not to like about songs of sex, death and alcohol, with an occasional spate of cannibalism?

Frequently performing in NY and Connecticut, London and Budapest folk clubs and venues, he is one of the founders and a regular performer at the Port Jefferson Sea Music Festival for 5 years now and a regular performer in the Port Jefferson Dickens Festival. He is a member of The New York Packet and Old Fid. He has performed musical roles in the folk genre in various New England theaters. This year he has performed at the Connecticut Sea Music Festival in Essex.