Forebitter is an American band with an international following specializing in
sea shanties
A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty () is a genre of traditional Folk music, folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large Merchant vessel, merchant Sailing ship, sailing vessels. The term ''shanty ...
.
It consists of four "chanteymen" employed by
Mystic Seaport
Mystic Seaport Museum or Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea in Mystic, Connecticut is the largest maritime museum in the United States. It is notable for its collection of sailing ships and boats and for the re-creation of the craf ...
museum in
Mystic,
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
, United States:
Geoff Kaufman,
Rick Spencer,
David Littlefield, and
Craig Edwards.
The band has performed throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Discography
*Voyages: Forebitter Sings Songs of the Sea, Volume II (Mystic Seaport Museum, 2000)
*Link of Chain: Forebitter Sings Songs of the Sea, Volume I (Mystic Seaport Museum, 1999)
*American Sea Chanteys (Mystic Seaport Museum, 1998), reissued as Chants Des Marins Américains (Le Chasse Marée 2002)
*Unmooring (Mystic Seaport Museum, 1995)
*On the Ran-Tan (1989)
References
Maritime music
People from Mystic, Connecticut
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