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Alex Harvey is an old-world folklorist who performs street ballads and songs of the sea in a project he calls Shinbone Alley.
At his performances listeners learn to celebrate the haunting intercultural exchange of 18th and 19th century maritime music — whose ingredients travelled from the furthest corners of the globe to be remade and stitched anew by sailors of every shade and shape at port and at sea.
By teaching the audience to join in on most of the tunes in his concerts, Harvey and his Shinbone Alley builds bridges of time through communal singing.
The repertoire includes:
- Sea Shanties
- Broadsheet ballads
- Come-All-Ye's
- Last Good Nights
- Hard Luck Satires
- Lovesick Dirges
- Whaling Serenades
This music was meant as the earliest form of group therapy. And so it is again — a sepia-toned balm for our topsy-turvy time.
Come grab a drink or three and learn how to sing for the winds and the waves.
All ages
Doors open at 6:00 pm