Fisherman’s Friends
Fisherman’s Friends stormed into the public conscience earlier this year when they signed a million pound record deal with Universal Music after being discovered playing in their local pub in Port Isaac, Cornwall, by record producer, Rupert Christie, while he was on holiday.
Johnny Depp became fascinated by sea shanties when filming Pirates of the Caribbean and listening to the ten-strong Fisherman’s Friends you can hear why. Their haunting songs of loss and longing, sea shanties and Cornish folk songs have been enchanting locals and tourists alike for over 15 years as they sing their rousing choruses on summer’s a evening in the tiny harbourside fishing village of Port Isaac. These regular portside concerts have become a much-loved local institution and visiting celebrities such as Chris Evans, Gloria Hunniford and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen have fallen under the spell of their shanty singing.
The friends, who have all known each other since childhood (bar one), have all been fishermen, coastguards or lifeguards. Their debut album, Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends, recorded in a 15th-century church in nearby St Kew, is released this April.
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“I was blown away by it.”
Rupert Christie, Record Producer, Universal Records
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