There has been a resurgence of interest in maritime songs and shanties since a TikTok video took the world by storm a while back. This week on the Magazine we begin a two-part feature focusing on maritime songs and shanties. We'll hear music from The Fisherman's Friends, Hauler, Jimmy Rankin, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and of course, Stan Rogers. We'll haul away boys … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Donogh Hennessey / “Hornpipe:Home By the Fire” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / Shanachie

The Fisherman's Friends / “Keep Hauling” /Music from the Movie Fisherman's Friends / Island

Hauler / “Whalebone” / Hauler / Self-produced

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem / “Haul Away Joe” / In Person at Carnegie Hall / Columbia

Great Big Sea / “Ferryland Sealer” / Turn / Sire


Bett Padgett / “Carrol M. Deering” / Hatteras: if a Lighthouse Could Speak.../ Ceilidh's Music

McKasson & McDonald / “Bay of Biscay” / Harbour / Self-produced

Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, A.L. Lloyd & Chorus / “Blood-Red Roses” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian Folkways

John Doyle / “Reels:The Gooseberry Bush-The Sailor's Return” / Masters of the Irish Guitar / Shanachie


Jimmy Rankin / “Haul Away the Whale” / Moving East / True North

Lou Killen / “The Flying Cloud” / Blow the Man Down / Topic

Various / “Sitting in the Stern of a Boat” / Lewis & Clark Original Soundtrack / RCA

Stan Rogers / “Northwest Passage” / Northwest Passage / Fogarty's Cove

Morrigan / “Bully in the Alley” / Classic Maritime Music / Smithsonian Folkways

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways