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30. The untold story of Polish shanties, with Marek Szurawski
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Poland has one of the world's most vibrant shanty scenes. In 2023, we performed at the Port Pieśni Pracy festival in Tychy, Poland where we were introduced to Marek Szurawski. Marek is a former merchant mariner and journalist who was instrumental in introducing shanties to Poland in the 1980s on his radio program Kliper siedmiu mórz. He still performs regularly as a solo act and with Stare Dzwony ("Old Bells") and we were told he was the 'Oracle of Polish Shanties'.
James and Stefan sat down with Marek in the summer of 2022 in Tychy and recorded this interview.
⚓︎ Shanties featured:
- Northwest Passage, by Stan Rogers, arr. and translated into Polish by The Smugglers
- The Maid of Amsterdam, trad. arr. by Marek Szurawski
⚓︎ Find out more about Pressgang Mutiny here:
- pressgangmutiny.com
- facebook.com/pressgangmutiny
- TikTok, X, and Instagram: @pressgangmutiny
31 episodes
Manage episode 484986146 series 2879160
Poland has one of the world's most vibrant shanty scenes. In 2023, we performed at the Port Pieśni Pracy festival in Tychy, Poland where we were introduced to Marek Szurawski. Marek is a former merchant mariner and journalist who was instrumental in introducing shanties to Poland in the 1980s on his radio program Kliper siedmiu mórz. He still performs regularly as a solo act and with Stare Dzwony ("Old Bells") and we were told he was the 'Oracle of Polish Shanties'.
James and Stefan sat down with Marek in the summer of 2022 in Tychy and recorded this interview.
⚓︎ Shanties featured:
- Northwest Passage, by Stan Rogers, arr. and translated into Polish by The Smugglers
- The Maid of Amsterdam, trad. arr. by Marek Szurawski
⚓︎ Find out more about Pressgang Mutiny here:
- pressgangmutiny.com
- facebook.com/pressgangmutiny
- TikTok, X, and Instagram: @pressgangmutiny
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