21
Mar
Beanhole Beans
1 min read
The Maine Course
Songs rooted in Maine tradition, from Kittery to Lubec to Madawaska. Potato harvest ballads from Aroostook County, island songs from Penobscot Bay, Shaker hymns, and the broader musical heritage of the state.
19
Jan
Boston Harbor
The Song
This is a classic sea shanty that taps into a universal topic in worksongs - calling out a
3 min read
05
Mar
Cape Cod Girls
2 min read
04
Mar
Chinquapin Hunting
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Recording is from my album In the Field, In the Dusk, In the Summer.
20
Mar
Come Pretty Love
21
Mar
Farthest Field
Composed by David Dodson, Camden, Maine
Led here by Mia Bertelli at the Winter Northeast Organic Farmer's conference
1 min read
05
Mar
Fisherman
2 min read
12
Apr
Flying Shoes Radio Hour: Participatory Music and Dance Culture in Maine
Here I join host Chrissy Fowler with fiddler Benjamin Foss on the Flying Shoes Radio Hour to talk about participatory
05
Mar
Holy Order Song
A Shaker hymn from the United Society of Believers. This sacred song was used during worship meetings where believers would
1 min read
04
Mar
Huckleberry Hunting
1 min read
23
Mar
Lamb and Lion
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When lamb and lion lie down together
Joy and wonders
1 min read
25
Aug
Library of Congress: Homegrown, Work Songs from Maine
In August 2021, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress invited me to put together a Homegrown concert
1 min read
20
May
NPR / Maine Public: Mainers Are Working To Give Historical Sea Chanties New Life
Ari Snider of Maine Public came out in spring 2019 to talk about sea shanties: where they came from, why
20
Apr
Roll the Old Chariot Along
3 min read
05
Mar
Roll The Woodpile Down
1 min read
21
Mar
Rolling Home to Old New England
1 min read
20
Mar
Ruby Sugaroo
Collected all over North America, notably on Cranberry Island off the coast of Maine near Acadia National Park. This song
1 min read
21
Mar
Simple Gifts
The beloved Shaker hymn by Elder Joseph Brackett Jr. of Maine, written in 1848.
1 min read
21
Mar
Sing Round
A Maine lumberjack song following timber from forest to mill to payday.
2 min read
04
Mar
Stormalong And Around We'll Go
1 min read
20
Mar
Walk Along Talk Along
A walking song / sea shanty from Carrie Grover, who walked from Halifax to New Brunswick to Maine with her father
1 min read
20
Mar
When Them Taters Are All Dug
A Maine potato harvest ballad collected in Aroostook County from a migrant farm worker who had no money at the
2 min read