Acapella Moonshine

Acapella Moonshine is an all-female  shanty group living in and around Falmouth that embodies the spirit of the sea and the women who draw their life from it.

We have been singing for many years, and in 2013 were the first all-female group to appear at the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival, inspiring other female groups to do the same.

We are very proud to say that we are “multi-generational’; our line-up of ten lovely ladies spans all the ages from 20 somethings to 70 somethings, and all the decades in between, but what unites us is our love of singing rollicking, rousing shanties and telling the tales of our nautical heritage, often from the woman’s perspective.

We sing a blend of shanties, Cornish songs and songs of the sea, many of which we “Moonshine” by adapting the gender and the locale to personalise the songs by setting them in our beloved Cornwall. We also sing songs that are unique to us, written by ourselves or close friends to tell a personal story about our love for Cornwall and the sea.

One of our favourite things is to meet other groups and to sing along with them. There is no surer way to forget your woes and worries than by a hearty rendition of rumbustious sea shanties!!