Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends

the fisherman's friends are shanty singers - each of whom are or have been fishermen, lifeboatmen and coastguards (as well as builders, artisans, hoteliers, and shop keepers) in the local area - from port isaac on cornwall's rugged north coast. at around eight in the evening during the summer months, tourists and locals gather to hear this ten-man group sing a rousing set of shanties and cornish folk songs. this album, recorded in a 15th-century church in nearby st kew, features a rich haul of 12 songs from their port isaac repertoire, including the classic 'south australia', the haunting cornish robber ballad 'the cadgwith anthem' and the beautiful 'brightly beams'.