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2010 marks the 20th anniversary of legendary pirate shanty group The Jolly Rogers, and they honor the occasion in style with Score!, being a classical Jolly Rogers CD if ever there was one. Shanties – traditional and original alike – fill out the bulk of this 19 track album, ranging from fast to slow, adventuresome to bawdy… it’s the Jolly Rogers we’ve come to know and love these past two decades, no doubt! Continue reading
What’s that, you say? Musical Blades AND the Jolly Rogers performing together? Can your pirate brain handle this much awesomeness?
Check their website for full details of the Feb. 13th concert taking place in Kansas City (which strangely, is in Missouri.) Score another one for the poor midwestern pirates this cold winter!
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The Jolly Rogers
www.chivalry.com/jollyrogers
Genre: Pirate-themed faire music
Rating: PG-13
Target Audience: Grown ups, mostly
By and large, the vast majority of festival pirate music centers around traditional songs. This gives rise to two common problems:
1) Much of it starts to sound the same
and 2) Being as few traditional songs were actually about pirates, there’s often little to differentiate “pirate” music from other festival-driven sea shanties, Irish fighting songs, or bawdy ballads. Continue reading