Songs Of The Sea
Feb 18, 2007 01:24 PM Filed in:
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Gordon Bok has
been singing songs about the Maine Coast for many, many years now.
It's a traditional way of life along the coast, working the sea and
always respecting the ultimate power and inevitability of the
forces of Nature. Many of his songs tell stories that have come
from generations of families living that seafaring life. As one
reviewer put it, "The music of Maine folk singer Bok is like a
universe unto itself, a roughhewn land filled with hardscrabble
people, rascals in high places, and a natural world that is both
cruel and kind, deadly and nurturing. Gordon Bok sings of drunken
fisherman, the last dreams of drowning men, and the gentle sound of
neighbors helping neighbors. Some of the songs are happy and even
sweet, and some of them are not, much as Life itself."
Saben The Woodfitter
Banks Of Newfoundland
I'se The By
Living On The River
The Sea Wife
How Can I Keep From Singing
Peter Kagan And The Wind
Little Fishy
