'the Roaring Trowmen' are four hearty men from Bristol who sing sea shanties and songs of the salty deep with passion, power and glorious blending harmonies, and plenty of humorous banter!
We're PROPERLY back!!
Yes, the Roaring Trowmen are actually, genuinely back!! We announced our re-forming early last year after a lengthy break, but after just one gig, Covid-19 did it's grim work.... So we’ve been rehearsing, have lots of new (old) songs to…
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Trowmen provide official soundtrack to new book!
We were delighted to learn recently of a new Trowmen fan in the USA, Laraba Kendig, an author who has released several books which are variations of ‘Pride & Prejudice’ by Jane Austin. She was inspired enough by our renditions…
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WE'RE BACK!!!!
Ahem! (Drum roll please...... ) THE ROARING TROWMEN RETURN!! After a few years in the shanty wastelands, our ship has returned to the harmonic mainland. We have stories to tell, excuses aplenty (some of us even have new offspring!) but…
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Trowmen rumblings......
Some things you just can't leave alone :-). Well it seems that hearty humorous harmonising is one of them. There are developments in Trowmen circles which will see us performing again soon. Watch this space!!!
Recruiting for new Trowmen!
As some may already know, life changes have forced some tough decisions for the current Trowmen, so we're recruiting for some new blood! Requirements are fairly simple. Good voice, reasonably musical, love of sea shanties and beer, a confident stage…
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We've been invited back to this small but perfectly formed mini festival early next year, a slightly scaled down version of previous, but still with plenty of quality performers. We're singing on the bar stage on Friday evening. All money raised goes towards Zone Club, a charity which allows young disabled people to make music at the centre. It should be quite intimate and plenty of fun!
We are proper Trowmen tickled to be invited back to the glorious Shrewsbury Folk Festival for the third time as performers (we were there as punters and ran a small shanty singing workshop in 2021). The first line-up announcement has been made and tickets go on sale today, so go check out their website. On our mission to prove to the world that there's more than one sea shanty, we'll bring our usual glorious a cappella harmonies and general silliness to the event. See you there!