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2012 Chicago Maritime Festival Performers
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Serre l'Écoute
 Québec (Canada), Serre l’Écoute is a vocal trio formed by
Gabrielle Bouthillier (voice, accordion), Liette Remon (voice,
fiddle), and Gabrielle’s father, Robert Bouthillier (voice).
They specialize in French and French-Canadian songs from oral
tradition. Their music traces the link between the traditions of
France and the Great Lakes region. Their fine harmonies,
instrumentation, and dance have placed them in demand at
festivals throughout North America and Europe. The trio has
released three CDs, including Chansons des bords du
Saint-Laurent, all dedicated to a maritime repertoire.
http://www.myspace.com/serrelecoute
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Tom Lewis
 Winner of the inaugural "Trophée Stan Hugill," French fans dubbed
Tom "The Springsteen of Sea Chanteys." Old Songs Festival
(Altamont NY) has declared "This man knows the sea ... from the
bottom up!” and Living Tradition (UK) says "Although I always
knew he was good, I was not quite prepared for HOW good — 24
years in the British Royal Navy provides him with that vitally
authentic stance with which to tackle nautical song."
Tom's repertoire, from traditional shanties to songs fashioned
out of his own seafaring background, recruits his audience for a
voyage by turns reflective, dramatic, and humorous. Now residing
in Canada's Rocky Mountains, Tom was born in Northern Ireland
and that Celtic heritage is obvious in his clear, strong voice,
evoking quiet sorrow for a fisherman lost to the sea just as
honestly as it powers out a shanty "to be heard above the
gales." With songs that have become folk standards known and
sung wherever great choruses ring out, Tom accompanies himself
on button accordion and ukulele, but it's that powerful vocal
style and infectious humor — that quality of entertaining —which
keeps audiences coming back again ... and again.
http://www.tomlewis.net
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Calico Jack
 Janie
Meneely and Paul DiBlasi of Annapolis, Maryland, perform
together as the duo, Calico Jack; they bring their songs and
stories about the people, places, and traditions of the
Chesapeake Bay watershed and beyond. Janie has been writing
songs about the Bay for over 25 years chronicling her own
experiences and capturing the stories that she has heard over
time -- either as a little girl hanging around her father’s
boatyard, or during her professional stint as a journalist for
Chesapeake Bay Magazine. She grew up on the Annapolis waterfront
and can remember when the City Dock was jammed with workboats.
From local ghosts to tragic shipwrecks, her songs bring to life
some of the characters who add spice and color to Bay history.
In a rich baritone, Paul, formerly of the colorful Pyrates
Royale, adds a “waterman’s voice” to Janie’s ballads. Sometimes
saucy, sometimes serious, Calico Jack offers audiences a glimpse
of a rapidly disappearing way of life and invites them to join
in on the chorus.
http://www.janiemeneely.com
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Jerry Bryant
 Jerry
Bryant is a native of the State of Maine who has performed folk
music all over the United States, accompanying himself on
guitar, concertina, banjo, and ukulele. His repertoire includes
hundreds of traditional and contemporary folk songs, with a
particular interest in the music of sailors. In a true, strong
baritone voice, Jerry lets the audience feel the emotional power
of century-old songs.
He has been featured at sea music festivals from coast to coast,
as well as in between. Jerry's original work, “The Ballad of
Harbo and Samuelsen” is one of the most popular ballads in
maritime music. He can also be heard on the Mystic Seaport CD
American Sea Chanteys, and several other recordings. His CD,
Roast Beef of Old England, is a collection of traditional songs
from the man-of-war days of the Royal Navy, and is a companion
to the seafaring novels of Patrick O’Brian; it was used in the
making of the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World. Jerry also provided the music for the audio version of
the best-selling book In the Heart of the Sea, by Nathaniel Philbrick.
http://filbert.com/pvfs/artists/JerryBryant/Default.htm
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Tom and Chris Kastle
 Tom
and Chris Kastle's songs and stories reflect their lives as
singers, sailors, and travelers. They have toured throughout the
United States, where their performance credits span Mystic
Seaport Museum and Passim to the Northwest Folklife Festival and
the Florida Friends of Folk. Tom and Chris teach at the Old Town
School of Folk Music in Chicago and have been featured on public
radio and television shows coast to coast. They have also
appeared at concert venues and festivals across Europe and New
Zealand. Tom has served as captain aboard several Great Lakes
tall ships, currently tours internationally as a solo, and is
the Narrator (with small singing parts) for the Candid Concert
Opera Company in Madison, Wisconsin. Chris has served as the
Director of Education at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum
in Florida, is currently the Community Educator for Friends of
A1A Historic and Scenic Byway, is a residency artist for VSAFL,
an affiliate of the Kennedy Center, and tours nationally as a
solo act. They are founders and directors of the Chicago
Maritime Festival.
http://www.tomkastle.com and
http://www.chriskastle.com
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Lanialoha Lee
 As a tradition-bearer for several cultures of the Pacific,
Lanialoha Lee, has been an instructor at the Old Town School
of Folk Music, and other institutions, as well as life-time
performer of the dances and music of the Hawaiian, Maori,
and Tahitian people. As at the first Chicago Maritime
Festival, she will be welcoming everyone to the evening
concert.
http://globalgroovechicago.com/profile/LanialohaLee
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2012 Special Guest Performers |
Richard Adrianowicz
Richard’s interest in traditional music began in the early 70s when he moved to California. He was part of several
groups in the San Francisco Bay Area, the best known of which was
Out of the Rain. The band was active from 1983 to 1995
and recorded two studio cassettes, A Common Treasury and
Song of the Wage Slave. Richard also produced With the Friends I
Love Best, a compilation CD of live concert recordings from
Out of the Rain performances.
Richard is one of the regular shanty singers at Hyde Street Pier’s monthly shanty sings in San Francisco, held aboard
one of the historic sailing ships moored there. In 2002 he released
Time Ashore is Over, a recording of sea shanties and
sea songs featuring a chorus of singers from Hyde Street Pier. Raised in Chicago, Illinois, Richard also has a keen
interest in songs of the Great Lakes sailors.
In addition to being a vocalist, Richard also plays the guitar, tin whistle and fiddle.
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/PeterKasinRichardAdrianowicz
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Bounding Main
Dean Calin, Christie Dalby, Gina Dalby, Jon Krivitzky, David Yondorf. Bounding Main is a costumed vocal group that sings richly harmonic versions of traditional maritime songs. Their shows are filled with spirit, humor and harmony; their arrangements of traditional nautical music bring the listener into the world of adventure, romance and fun.
Each member of Bounding Main is a music and theater veteran, with diverse entertainment backgrounds. Their performances and CDs have been well received with brisk US and international sales. They have performed at music festivals, nautical festivals, tall ships events, maritime museums, renaissance faires, folk music venues and corporate events on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bounding Main has just released their fourth CD, Kraken Up, which will be available for sale at the festival.
http://www.boundingmain.com
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David H.B. Drake
Performing on guitar, concertina, dulcimer, banjo, and Native flute, Wisconsin troubadour David HB Drake has spent
over twenty years presenting concerts throughout the Midwest. Deep heartland roots and the waters of the Great Lakes flow
throughout David's music in a panorama of history and discovery.
David was named "Folk / Acoustic Music Artist of the Year" and "Family Performer of the Year" by the Wisconsin
Area Music Industry and was presented with the "Lantern Bearer" Life Achievement Award in 2003 at the Folk Alliance Region
Midwest. His KIDSTUFF album received a "Parents' Choice" award for outstanding children's music.
In addition to being a professional dancer with Betty Salamun's DANCECIRCUS and the Milwaukee Ballet, a stage lighting designer, and actor,
troubadour and swordsman with the "Ring of Steel" theatrical combat troupe, David has performed on tall ships on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Great
Lakes and is the resident musician for the schooner "Denis Sullivan", Wisconsin's flagship.
http://www.davidhbdrake.com
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The Hard Tackers Shanty Crew
The official shanty crew of the Santa Maria, a full size replica harbored in the Scioto river in downtown Columbus, Ohio.
They recently won the Southern Ohio Sea Shanty Festival Award. Performing at festivals, state fairs, county fairs, coffeehouses,
house concerts, arts events, summer events, parties, schools and many other places they bring the music of the seas plus laughter
and sing-alongs
http://hardtackers.wetpaint.com/
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Walter Askew
Walter's love of history and study of oral traditions led him to work at several museums including San Francisco Maritime National
Historical Park, where he sailed the Hawaiian Chieftain (a 105ft topsail ketch), and the scow schooner Alma (a craft unique to the San
Francisco Bay) and crewed on Delaware's state ship the Kalmar Nyckel.
A regular performer at San Francisco's Festival of the Sea with his band Salty Walt and the Rattlin' Ratlines, he has recently
completed his second tour of Europe playing at festivals and folk clubs: England (Scarborough.s Seafest), The Netherlands (Scheepvaart
Museum), and Germany (Festival Maritim).
He has shared the stage with acts such as Lou Killen, Tom Lewis, The Johnson Girls, Holdstock & Macleod, Hughie Jones, Richard
Grainger, Maree De Paradis, and many others.
At home in San Francisco he performs regularly and hosts a monthly session at Edinburgh Castle Pub, where he works to maintain the authentic voice of the traditions he represents while making this music accessible to a new generation.
http://www.saltywalt.net/
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Members of the sea music workshop at the Old Town School have participated in the Chicago Maritime Festival since it was
founded. Some of those members have gone on to perform maritime music on a professional basis. One of the students,
Katharine Whisler, has succeeded in organizing a regular, on-going shanty sing – a first for the city of Chicago!
Through our 51-year history, what has set the Old Town School of Folk Music apart from other music teaching programs
has been our philosophy that music is for everyone. The founders wanted the School to be a place where, as founder
Frank Hamilton said, "teacher and student would be partners in learning." This philosophy is still in place and the
Old Town School continues to be a place that gives people the tools to make their own music. Young and old, beginners
and advanced players, people from various cultures and traditions come together to create music and learn from each other.
http://www.oldtownschool.org
SEA MUSIC WORKSHOP
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Previous Year's Performing Artists |
| 2011: Bob Walser, Cindy Kallet, Pint and Dale, Belize
Culture and Heritage Association, Great Lakes Navy Band, Tom and
Chris Kastle
2010: Caryl P. Weiss, John Roberts,
Rick Spencer, The 97th Regimental String Band, Tom and Chris
Kastle
2009: Dan Milner, David Coffin, The
Johnson Girls, Patrick Denain and Miguel Biard, Tom and Chris
Kastle
2008: The Northern Neck Chantey Singers, Debra Cowan, Walter "Salty
Walt" Askew, Holdstock & MacLeod, Tom and Chris Kastle
2007: Bounding Main, Jerry Bryant, Johnny Collins, Philippe Duo,
Tom and Chris Kastle
2006: The Boekaniers, John Townley, Nanne
Kalma & Ankie van der Meer, David HB Drake, Tom and Chris Kastle
2005: Pint & Dale, Serre l'Ecoute, Talitha
MacKenzie, Lee Murdock, Tom and Chris Kastle
2004: The Johnson Girls, Tom Lewis, Bob Zentz, Don Sineti & Steve Roys, Bob Zentz,
Tom and Chris Kastle
2003: Kat yn't Seil, Johnny Collins, John Connolly, The 97th Regimental String Band, Mlynn,
Tom and Chris Kastle
Past special guest performers: Lanialoha Lee, Sheridan Shore Chantey Singers, David HB Drake, Bounding Main,
Walter Askew, The Hard Tackers Shanty Team, Sheridan Shore Chantey Singers, and the Old Town School of Folk Music Sea Music
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