The Sea Band
Music and Songs from the Celtic Sea to the North Atlantic
Lineup
The Sea Band are a rip-roaring and colourful combination of virtuosic traditional singers and
musicians based in the Welsh Marches near the River Severn. This great river forms a gateway to
the Celtic Sea and the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. The Sea Band’s music reflects these
connections, combining fast-paced instrumental music and ballads from the farming and fishing
communities of Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Brittany, with shanties and sea songs from the ports
of the North Atlantic. With performances rich in musicianship, character, passion and humour,
the Sea Band have proved popular with European festival audiences from Norway to the
Mediterranean. We are currently confirming bookings with festivals for 2025.
Previous festival performances include:
Paimpol Festival Du Chant de Marin, Brittany
Bremen Vegesack Internationales Festival Maritim, Germany
Oostende Voor Anker, Belgium
International Folk & Seasongs Festival Appingedam, Netherlands
Langesund International Shanty Festival, Norway
Fêtes Maritimes de Douarnenez, Brittany
Escale a Sète, Occitanie
Fécamp Grand'Escale, Normandy
Les Bordées de Cancale, Brittany
Giethoorn Folk and Shanty Festival, Netherlands
Vents de Vilaine, Brittany
Zuiderzeemuseum Maritieme Festival Enkhuizen, Netherlands
Fiddle, Crwth
Melodeon
Vocals
Clarinets
Recorders
Euphonium
Alan Lamb Penny McCarthy Andy Bole Paul James
Saxophone
Vocals
Border Pipes
Bouzouki
Guitar
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The Sea Band
Lineup
The Sea Band are a rip-roaring and colourful combination of
virtuosic traditional singers and musicians based in the Welsh
Marches near the River Severn. This great river forms a
gateway to the Celtic Sea and the fishing grounds of the North
Atlantic. The Sea Band’s music reflects these connections,
combining fast-paced instrumental music and ballads from the
farming and fishing communities of Cornwall, Wales, Ireland
and Brittany, with shanties and sea songs from the ports of the
North Atlantic. With performances rich in musicianship,
character, passion and humour, the Sea Band have proved
popular with European festival audiences from Norway to the
Mediterranean. We are currently confirming bookings with
festivals for 2025.
Previous festival performances include:
Paimpol Festival Du Chant de Marin, Brittany
Bremen Vegesack Internationales Festival Maritim, Germany
Oostende Voor Anker, Belgium
International Folk & Seasongs Festival Appingedam, Netherlands
Langesund International Shanty Festival, Norway
Fêtes Maritimes de Douarnenez, Brittany
Escale a Sète, Occitanie
Fécamp Grand'Escale, Normandy
Les Bordées de Cancale, Brittany
Giethoorn Folk and Shanty Festival, Netherlands
Vents de Vilaine, Brittany
Zuiderzeemuseum Maritieme Festival Enkhuizen, Netherlands
Penny McCarthy
Clarinet
Recorders
Vocal
Songs and Music from the Celtic Sea to the North Atlantic
Alan Lamb
Fiddle, Crwth
Melodeons
Vocal
Andy Bole
Bouzouki
Guitar
Paul James
Saxophone
Vocals
Border Pipes
