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the Roaring Trowmen

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'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!
 

Pilchards - A single from our upcoming new album!!

A little teaser........ The Trowmen have a new album coming end of this month. Here's first single from it, a succinct tale of the fall and re-birth of the pilchard industry in Cornwall in the noughties, brilliantly renamed as 'Cornish…

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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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Nantucket, just 10 days away!!

Per a previous post/blog, many songs recorded by the Roaring Trowmen have been selected for the soundtrack in a new PC game called 'Nantucket', "A seafaring strategy game set in the golden age of American whaling." The release date is…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Shrewsbury Folk Festival

Shrewsbury Folk Festival

Friday, August 26 @ 7:00PM — Monday, August 29 @ 12:00AMFri, Aug 26 @ 7:00PM — Mon, Aug 29 @ 12:00AM

Shrewsbury Showground, Shrewsbury

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!

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Friday, September 16 @ 7:30PMFri, Sep 16 @ 7:30PM

St. Mary's Church, Broughton Gifford, Melksham

We sang at this small church last year as a threesome, and were blown away by it's glorious acoustics! We just seem to sing better without microphones and a PA. We actually did a warmup sing in the local pub before the gig, which went down well, so did again afterwards!! Small, local, charitable event, and we're back as a full-strength foursome! PLEASE lend your support and patronage.

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Bristol Sea Shanty Festival

Bristol Sea Shanty Festival

Saturday, September 17 @ 12:05PM — 11:00PMSat, Sep 17 @ 12:05PM — 11:00PM

Bristol Docks, Various locations, Bristol

After last year's inaugural sea shanty festival in Bristol, it's returning in spades! More groups (20+), more venues (7), more performances (50+) and perhaps even more ale will be drunk........ The Trowmen are delighted to return and support this local charity event run by volunteers, and hope you will come along in droves and spread the words for a fabulous musical day out in our nautical city :-).

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Calne Music & Arts Festival

Calne Music & Arts Festival

Wednesday, October 12 @ 7:30PMWed, Oct 12 @ 7:30PM

The Marden House Centre, New Road, Calne

A new event and location for us. (We love it when these requests come out of the blue!) So the Trowmen will be bringing some of their trademark shanty harmonies and silliness to Calne. Not seen us? You must!

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