Storm Weather Shanty Choir
Encyclopedia
Storm Weather Shanty Choir is a 6-man sea shanty
choir from Stord
, an island on the west coast of Norway
. They were formed in 2000, by shantyman Håkon Vatle, and used to introduce themselves as "the roughest, thoughest and youngest boy band in Norway, singing 150 years old cover songs".
They have played more than 200 concerts both domestic and abroad, including in the United States and Switzerland. In 2011 they are also going to Japan.
Sea shanty
A shanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. Shanties became ubiquitous in the 19th century era of the wind-driven packet and clipper ships...
choir from Stord
Stord
Stord is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" - as it has such a variety of landscapes: coastline, fjords, forests, agricultural land, and mountain areas....
, an island on the west coast of Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. They were formed in 2000, by shantyman Håkon Vatle, and used to introduce themselves as "the roughest, thoughest and youngest boy band in Norway, singing 150 years old cover songs".
They have played more than 200 concerts both domestic and abroad, including in the United States and Switzerland. In 2011 they are also going to Japan.
Members
- Håkon Vatle - shantyman and acoustic guitar
- Ronny Sætre - baryton and percussion
- Rune Nesse - bass and percussion
- Vidar Vedå - bass og «karaoke machine» (He holds posters with lyrics)
- Roald Kaldestad - lyrical tenor, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, guitar - Gisle Østrem - lyrical tenor, concertinaConcertinaA concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It has a bellows and buttons typically on both ends of it. When pressed, the buttons travel in the same direction as the bellows, unlike accordion buttons which travel perpendicularly to it...
Discography
- 2002 - Cheer Up Me Lads!
- 2004 - Off to Sea Once More
- 2005 - Let Us Be Jolly and Drown Melancholy!
- 2009 - Way Hey (And Away We'll Go)