Genre: Folk rock/Shanty
Country: USA (Texas)
Year: Released 20 August 2014 by GS Production
"Уходят моряки, Уходят в Магелланы,
Свою мечту нашли они в седых морях.
Уходят корабли, уходят постоянно,
И возвращения их ты вечно будешь ждать.
Уходят корабли, уходят постоянно,
И возвращения их ты вечно будешь ждать….."
Sea ... its lead-gray smooth surface stretchs to the horizon and its tranquility as if favors for the brave sailors and sassy pirates, who have dared to go to the boundless expanses of sea. The command "Raise the sails!" already has been given and ships embarked on their perilous and exciting journey, and only God knows what will happen in the way with men, who have challenged for impermanence nature, which is the most impulse strength to destroy even the most reliable works of the human mind ...
Nautical theme always was an interesting material for artists working in various genres, and these beautiful and spirited motifs often experiencing a renaissance in modern songs always can touch the soul and to call the living spark of inspiration, faithfully serving for its Majesty's the Art. And so the music world replenished with an unusual and really special finding, taking the place in the album "Off To Sea Once More" through efforts of American artists Sol Surfers under the direction of maestro Lynn Stokes. It should be clear that this talented artist not only gathered amazing collective, but also inspirited a new life into old songs, texts of which have survived to the present day, so that the locution "Еverything new things these are all good old things" sounds here very by the way. According words of Lynn Stokes, still in 2001 he had found the texts of choral songs of sailors, thus laying the foundation for a future album. Old lyrics gradually "overgrown" with appropriate melodies and sounds that turned into beautiful verses of the legendary folk ballad about cutie Peggy-O, brave sailor-girl Jackaro, developing on the wind Jolly Roger, and so on, the songs in due time playing by the Grateful Dead, Roger Mcguinn, Mountain.
As all these musicians, Lynn Stokes saw by the own way own and expressed in a new interpretation the material that formed the basis of the "Off To Sea Once More". Was very realistic and volumetric picture with not only a characteristic sound, but also with a living design in the form of sounds of sea's waves, the shouts of seagulls, instruments playing so that together with the cello and mandolin that make to life imagination and which sends us back to the distant days when were born known legends and beliefs of brave explorers of marine spaces. The album is a collection of sailors' songs that were appearing in different times and have their own history.
The album is opening with the old song "Off To Sea Once More", which appeared approximately in the 18th century and since had become as traditional song in the culture of English sailors. It tells the story about the a sailor who went to the coast in the Liverpool's port, and after drunken spree and night with a prostitute he lost all his new clothes and the money earned by hard work. And although he vowed never more to go to sea, the situation forced him to work on the whaling vessel in the harsh conditions of the Arctic Ocean. This kind of the cautionary song calls that sailors must do not fall under the influence of alcohol that to avoid same not joyous situation.
The next song "Peggy-O" is already a traditional Irish ballad about the love feeling between a soldier and a girl who then was nicknamed "Cute Peggy-O." As many folk songs this song does not have any specific version and the authorship is not very easy to find out, so it is known by different names, such as "Fennario", "The Maid of Fife", "There once was a troop o' Irish dragoons".
"Paddy West" also is rich with many variations, although numerous lyrics of this song not much different among themselves. One of the versions of this song was found in the collection of Stanley Hugill "Shanties from the Seven Seas" including more than 400 shanti. To find out more extensive information about Paddy Vesta it was a difficult task. Results of the search leads again to Liverpool, where once (in about 1870) there was a boarding house, which contained by Paddy West and he taught their guests to seamanship. Hugill wrote that the song was as entertaining when the weather was good sailors gathered on the nose of ship and worked singing shanti and lifting anchor ropes or etching.
"Jack-A-Roe" performed at different times by Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and the legendary band The Grateful Dead also found its place in the beautiful sea collection "Off To Sea Once More". This song is found under different names, such as "Jack Munro," "Jackie Monroe," "Jackaroe," "Jackaro," "Jackie Frazier," "Jack the Sailor," "Jack Went A-Sailing", "The Love of Polly and Jack Monroe "and like most folk ballads has indeterminate age and origin, although this song goes with roots into the culture of British naval sailors. Several versions of this song collected in "The English folk song" of Cecil Sharpe from the southern Appalachians and subsequent collections of folk songs. In those days it is not uncommon that women were subjugated by fearlessness and courage of sailors and they fell in love with them and dressed up as a man that to be closer to their lover. This song describes the romantic story about the brave girl who was the daughter of a rich merchant and she had run away to her beloved sailor Jack.
"Banks Of Newfoundland" is the name of at least six different songs. They differ among themselves not only with melody, but with the lyrics and the atmosphere in whole, although all songs have the common theme of dangers of seagoing and fishing near the coast of Newfoundland. This song presented on this album is not so popular as others songs, and it appeared in the Ballycastle - the most northern tip of Ireland.
In the world, but more precisely in the Atlantic Ocean there is such a legendary place which in olden times had the honorary title of the capital of whaling. This is an island the Nantucket. In the sea near the Nantucket were rich whaling areas and there were many ships. Exactly there that was born the term "Nantucket Sleighride", associated with the hunting of whales and become the next title of this old song. The text tells about the young man who left his girlfriend to go on 3 year in whaling voyage.
Next song in this seaside collection was the song "Pretty Polly", sung in the British Isles, the Canada, Appalachian region of North America and so on. This song was written in the subgenre of traditional music, the so-called Murder Ballad ( "ballads about murders"). Songs with eerie plot described different stories about the murders and crimes because of mad passion. And "Pretty Polly" is in the spirit of that time and tells a sad story where was the villain - a carpenter of ship who promised to marry with girl Polly, but he killed her when she became pregnant. Then in sea he was haunted by the ghost of this murdered woman and he finally confessed in his crime and then goes mad and dies.
"Greenland Whale" is also a very old and multi-version song. Earliest variation included in the collection of old ballads, which dates since 1725. Here we can hear the story about the major expedition gone to Greenland. Already had been floated boats and harpoons were ready, but kick of the whale's tail tilted boasts with them and several people were killed. Captain mourned the loss of prey, making a pretense as if he actually mourns about dead sailors. Then he returned the ship backward, calling that Greenland is "terrible place".
"While Cruisin 'Around Yarmouth" - the ballad the rough as well as canvas probably started life among sailors floating to the East in frigates the East Indiamen and the Blackwall. Later, there was another version of it - "Blow the Man Down".
Tracklist moves to completion and "Jolly Roger" closes this epic collection. I think there is no need to explain who is the "Jolly Roger", as can be seen, the author thought that it is necessary to include to the album something about pirates that the picture about marine life was very full. It's kind of a pirate hymn battle, stern, to match all the ministers of guns and grappling hook. Like all the songs also pleasant to hear beautiful melodies in a spirit of real Santhi.
In the end this album is concluded not only the rich cultural history of the time of sailing ships, but also embodies the vision of the author of the music of the archaic texts through the prism of his creativity and imagination.
I want to say in addition - thanks Lynn Stokes and Sul Surfers for their delicious and capture the imagination music!
Lynn Stokes & Sol Surfers on LastFM
Country: USA (Texas)
Year: Released 20 August 2014 by GS Production
Свою мечту нашли они в седых морях.
Уходят корабли, уходят постоянно,
И возвращения их ты вечно будешь ждать.
Уходят корабли, уходят постоянно,
И возвращения их ты вечно будешь ждать….."
Sea ... its lead-gray smooth surface stretchs to the horizon and its tranquility as if favors for the brave sailors and sassy pirates, who have dared to go to the boundless expanses of sea. The command "Raise the sails!" already has been given and ships embarked on their perilous and exciting journey, and only God knows what will happen in the way with men, who have challenged for impermanence nature, which is the most impulse strength to destroy even the most reliable works of the human mind ...
Nautical theme always was an interesting material for artists working in various genres, and these beautiful and spirited motifs often experiencing a renaissance in modern songs always can touch the soul and to call the living spark of inspiration, faithfully serving for its Majesty's the Art. And so the music world replenished with an unusual and really special finding, taking the place in the album "Off To Sea Once More" through efforts of American artists Sol Surfers under the direction of maestro Lynn Stokes. It should be clear that this talented artist not only gathered amazing collective, but also inspirited a new life into old songs, texts of which have survived to the present day, so that the locution "Еverything new things these are all good old things" sounds here very by the way. According words of Lynn Stokes, still in 2001 he had found the texts of choral songs of sailors, thus laying the foundation for a future album. Old lyrics gradually "overgrown" with appropriate melodies and sounds that turned into beautiful verses of the legendary folk ballad about cutie Peggy-O, brave sailor-girl Jackaro, developing on the wind Jolly Roger, and so on, the songs in due time playing by the Grateful Dead, Roger Mcguinn, Mountain.
As all these musicians, Lynn Stokes saw by the own way own and expressed in a new interpretation the material that formed the basis of the "Off To Sea Once More". Was very realistic and volumetric picture with not only a characteristic sound, but also with a living design in the form of sounds of sea's waves, the shouts of seagulls, instruments playing so that together with the cello and mandolin that make to life imagination and which sends us back to the distant days when were born known legends and beliefs of brave explorers of marine spaces. The album is a collection of sailors' songs that were appearing in different times and have their own history.
The album is opening with the old song "Off To Sea Once More", which appeared approximately in the 18th century and since had become as traditional song in the culture of English sailors. It tells the story about the a sailor who went to the coast in the Liverpool's port, and after drunken spree and night with a prostitute he lost all his new clothes and the money earned by hard work. And although he vowed never more to go to sea, the situation forced him to work on the whaling vessel in the harsh conditions of the Arctic Ocean. This kind of the cautionary song calls that sailors must do not fall under the influence of alcohol that to avoid same not joyous situation.
The next song "Peggy-O" is already a traditional Irish ballad about the love feeling between a soldier and a girl who then was nicknamed "Cute Peggy-O." As many folk songs this song does not have any specific version and the authorship is not very easy to find out, so it is known by different names, such as "Fennario", "The Maid of Fife", "There once was a troop o' Irish dragoons".
"Paddy West" also is rich with many variations, although numerous lyrics of this song not much different among themselves. One of the versions of this song was found in the collection of Stanley Hugill "Shanties from the Seven Seas" including more than 400 shanti. To find out more extensive information about Paddy Vesta it was a difficult task. Results of the search leads again to Liverpool, where once (in about 1870) there was a boarding house, which contained by Paddy West and he taught their guests to seamanship. Hugill wrote that the song was as entertaining when the weather was good sailors gathered on the nose of ship and worked singing shanti and lifting anchor ropes or etching.
"Jack-A-Roe" performed at different times by Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and the legendary band The Grateful Dead also found its place in the beautiful sea collection "Off To Sea Once More". This song is found under different names, such as "Jack Munro," "Jackie Monroe," "Jackaroe," "Jackaro," "Jackie Frazier," "Jack the Sailor," "Jack Went A-Sailing", "The Love of Polly and Jack Monroe "and like most folk ballads has indeterminate age and origin, although this song goes with roots into the culture of British naval sailors. Several versions of this song collected in "The English folk song" of Cecil Sharpe from the southern Appalachians and subsequent collections of folk songs. In those days it is not uncommon that women were subjugated by fearlessness and courage of sailors and they fell in love with them and dressed up as a man that to be closer to their lover. This song describes the romantic story about the brave girl who was the daughter of a rich merchant and she had run away to her beloved sailor Jack.
"Banks Of Newfoundland" is the name of at least six different songs. They differ among themselves not only with melody, but with the lyrics and the atmosphere in whole, although all songs have the common theme of dangers of seagoing and fishing near the coast of Newfoundland. This song presented on this album is not so popular as others songs, and it appeared in the Ballycastle - the most northern tip of Ireland.
In the world, but more precisely in the Atlantic Ocean there is such a legendary place which in olden times had the honorary title of the capital of whaling. This is an island the Nantucket. In the sea near the Nantucket were rich whaling areas and there were many ships. Exactly there that was born the term "Nantucket Sleighride", associated with the hunting of whales and become the next title of this old song. The text tells about the young man who left his girlfriend to go on 3 year in whaling voyage.
Next song in this seaside collection was the song "Pretty Polly", sung in the British Isles, the Canada, Appalachian region of North America and so on. This song was written in the subgenre of traditional music, the so-called Murder Ballad ( "ballads about murders"). Songs with eerie plot described different stories about the murders and crimes because of mad passion. And "Pretty Polly" is in the spirit of that time and tells a sad story where was the villain - a carpenter of ship who promised to marry with girl Polly, but he killed her when she became pregnant. Then in sea he was haunted by the ghost of this murdered woman and he finally confessed in his crime and then goes mad and dies.
"Greenland Whale" is also a very old and multi-version song. Earliest variation included in the collection of old ballads, which dates since 1725. Here we can hear the story about the major expedition gone to Greenland. Already had been floated boats and harpoons were ready, but kick of the whale's tail tilted boasts with them and several people were killed. Captain mourned the loss of prey, making a pretense as if he actually mourns about dead sailors. Then he returned the ship backward, calling that Greenland is "terrible place".
"While Cruisin 'Around Yarmouth" - the ballad the rough as well as canvas probably started life among sailors floating to the East in frigates the East Indiamen and the Blackwall. Later, there was another version of it - "Blow the Man Down".
Tracklist moves to completion and "Jolly Roger" closes this epic collection. I think there is no need to explain who is the "Jolly Roger", as can be seen, the author thought that it is necessary to include to the album something about pirates that the picture about marine life was very full. It's kind of a pirate hymn battle, stern, to match all the ministers of guns and grappling hook. Like all the songs also pleasant to hear beautiful melodies in a spirit of real Santhi.
In the end this album is concluded not only the rich cultural history of the time of sailing ships, but also embodies the vision of the author of the music of the archaic texts through the prism of his creativity and imagination.
I want to say in addition - thanks Lynn Stokes and Sul Surfers for their delicious and capture the imagination music!
Lynn Stokes & Sol Surfers on LastFM
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