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Newfoundland’s Alan Doyle learned piano and drums as a kid, soon shifting to acoustic guitar (and finally mandolin, bouzouki, and just about anything with strings). He became a member of his uncle’s rockabilly-meets-traditional-Newfoundland music group the brand new Standells at age 15, even though going to St. John’s University or …

The ocean shanty tradition of Newfoundland is fused using the spirit and energy of contemporary rock and popular music by Great Big Ocean. Their hard-driving strategy has not just made them well-known within their homeland, where they are nominated for four Juno Honours, but has taken them an evergrowing recognition …

A Dutch folk trio that specializes inside a spirited mixture of melodic pop, traditional Irish and Western folk, and ocean shanties, Ancora was formed in 2012 round the skills of Patrick Jongschaap, Damage Wolters, and Martin Dams. Acquiring their name from your Latin term for “anchor,” the group offers drawn …