National Music & Culture

Sea shanties, revisited: Maine couple resurfaces works thought lost to time

by Keith Shortall

Fred Gosbee, left and Julia Lane, who record as Castlebay. The pair spent a decade researching works of music thought lost to time, which they're now releasing as a book.
Fred Gosbee, left and Julia Lane, who record as Castlebay. The pair spent a decade researching works of music thought lost to time, which they're now releasing as a book. Keith Shortall

After a decade of research, a couple from Maine has just published a book, Songs of the Sea, comprised of folk songs from their region that have been rarely heard for roughly 80 years.

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