Join us this Friday for a Race Brook Lodge beloved tradition of sea shanty singalongs. Combining the musical forces of a rotating cast of musicians lead by multi-instrumentalist, Alex Harvey, SHINBONE ALLEY is an old world folk collective that reimagines archaic street ballads and songs of the sea. We gather to celebrate the haunting intercultural exchange of 18th and 19th century sea songs and balladry - whose ingredients travelled from the furthest corners of the globe to be remade and stitched anew by sailors of every shade and shape at port and at sea.
Friday, February 2nd
Doors Open: 7:30pm / Music Starts: 8pm
In the Down County Social Club at Race Brook Lodge
864 South Undermountain road ( AKA Rt 41 ) Sheffield, MA - Click here for Location
Tickets: $8 in advance / $10 at the door
Advance Tickets
The Down County Social Club, beneath The Stagecoach Tavern at Race Brook Lodge, features a handpicked selection of extraordinary and rare entertainment presented in an intimate speakeasy-style environment. Our live performances include music, dance, performance art, poetry and multimedia works. We also occasionally offer films and academically themed events. Our programming is as eclectic as you can imagine! For info and dinner reservations at The Stagecoach Tavern
DINNER RESERVATIONS AT THE STAGECOACH TAVERN
Artist Bio
ALEX HARVEY&ShINBONE ALLEY
By teaching the audience to join in on most of the tunes at their performances, Shinbone Alley builds bridges of time through communal singing. From Sea Shanties to Broadsheet ballads to Come-All-Ye's to Last Good Nights to Hard Luck Satires to Lovesick Dirges to Whaling Serenades - this music, when paired with stiff drink, was meant as the earliest form of group therapy. And so it is again - a sepia-toned balm for our topsy-turvy time.
