Mystic Seaport - Music

Music

Mystic Seaport's music program is unusual as it prominently features sea shanties in their original contexts as work songs. Regular sessions find shanty singers keeping museum visitors in line as they haul sails or turn a capstan.

The Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival, held annually in June since 1979, is among the oldest and largest in the United States.

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