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Banana Boat is a Polish a cappella sextet, authoring and performing original songs representing the genre of neo-shanties. Being one of the pioneers of the new genre, the group retains its simultaneous focus on contemporary interpretations of traditional sea shanties and maritime music. Owing to its characteristic six-part, jazzy harmony, departing from the traditional sound of the the music of the sea, the group has become one of the emblems of what the international artists of the maritime stage have come to dub as the Polish Style of the Maritime Song. With maritime music constantly in the focus of its...

Pop with a delicate, intricate, urgency. Great melodies with point in time storied lyrics make the Boatmen a long time regional favorite in the midwest. Started as a Florida band, then two bands, one in Florida and the other in Indiana, Dale Lawrence now leads the only version left from Indiana. Rumors of record re-issues abound, catch them live when you can, the full band shows rock harder than the records, acoustic outings show off the poignant lyrics. .

In 2003 Eleanor Harwood, Glenn Donaldson, and Loren Chasse released the EP Silver Branches,as a part of the Jeweled Antler Collective series of albums. The EP is made of very Lo-Fi avant folk intended to have a very sunny, light, and dreamy emotion. .

Cutesy, ramshackle folk from Zoe Latta and Silvie Deutsch in Santa Cruz, CA. Their voices clamor for attention like small children but then suddenly out of the dixie-cup folk they pull together into sweet earnest pop songs. Mostly comprised of the two voices, some dime store guitar, piano and the breathy squeeze of an accordion, Belly Boat is the sound of joyous inexperience; and where others drown themselves in layers of perfection, Zoe and Silvie let their rough edges charm you until you let them fall away and reveal the pop gems at their center. Signed to Not Not Fun...

Beam Boat are Josephine, Alisha and Aurora. One Australian, one American and one Spaniard. They use the guitar strings, viola, cello and piano to create music that sounds like The Cinematic Orchestra and The Divine Comedy. Their voices sing songs such like Fiona Apple or Tori Amos. Their songs are inspired by their experiences. Their music sounds like books, movies, and traveling. Josephine came to Madrid in 2006 after passing through the world and having played in several bands in her country (Terapin and Sparkadia). She met Alisha in Spain, which had violated its service combos classical, jazz and rock....