Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. A decade ago they were persuaded to sign the record deal that saw their album Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends go Gold as they became the first ever traditional folk act to land a UK top ten album. Singer Trevor Grills was knocked to the floor, suffered serious head injuries, [20] and died in hospital two days later.

Whilst essentially an a cappella group, their studio recordings and live performances now often include traditional simple instrumentation. Their first album with Universal, Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends, was recorded in St Kew Parish Church, Cornwall, [11] and released in April 2010. At the inaugural Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival back in 2004, unexpectedly the group gathered an massive and hugely appreciative audience on Custom Quay. Fisherman's Friends One and All- starring James Purefoy, David Hayman and Maggie Steed leading a cast that also includes Ramon Tikaram ( Jupiter Ascending, EastEnders, This Life), Jade Anouka ( His Dark Materials, Last Christmas) and Joshua McGuire (Lovesick, Anatomy Of A Scandal, Misfits) We re-join the band a year after the unexpected success of their debut album as charted in the first film. When a group of Cornish fishermen came together to sing the traditional working songs they'd sung for generations, nobody, least of all the fishermen, expected the story to end on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.The album, titled Fishermen's Friends Are Home from the Sea, has 20 tracks and was recorded in St Peter's Church, Port Isaac, on 26 and 27 April 2002. Where once they hauled nets, they're now expected to land hits and the notorious 'second album syndrome', plus the pressures, pitfalls and temptations of their newfound fame, are all starting to bite hard. In 2009 BBC Radio presenter Johnnie Walker was in Cornwall on holiday and came across two of their homemade CDs.

Because they are semi-professional, the band do not tour extensively, but usually embark on short tours in November and February/March. Jon Cleave is one of the MCs of the group and also the author/illustrator of the children's book series Gully [5] as well as the full length, humorous novel Nasty Pasty. Shanty singers Fisherman's Friends were rewarded for keeping folk music alive and bringing it to new audiences with an honorary prize, the Good Tradition award [at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards].So said broadcast legend and long-time fan, Jo Whiley on the BBC's Glastonbury coverage this year just after the boys had sung their Cornish hearts out on the Avalon Stage to rapturous applause from a packed crowd. We've heard them many times rounding off the Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival and they are a force of nature - a flavour of what it must have been like to serve on the big square-riggers. In addition to this, the combination of their voices produced a muscularity which seemed to suit the genre of both sea shanties and songs of the sea, rooted very much in the labour-intensive seafaring traditions of crews of working men.

This album is everything you want it to be with songs of the sea, sometimes stirring, often poignant but mostly foot-stomping, rip-roaring fun!We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. In 2010 they re-recorded their single, "No Hopers, Jokers or Rogues", with new lyrics, in support of England's FIFA World Cup campaign in South Africa. Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority FRN 775278.

The film covers them struggling to put together a second album, and how it leads them to perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.The film stars an ensemble cast headed by James Purefoy, Daniel Mays and Tuppence Middleton, with David Hayman, Dave Johns, Noel Clarke, Maggie Steed, Sam Swainsbury and Christian Brassington playing key supporting roles. Their aim was to celebrate their history and create a simpler album that represented their live sound more accurately. Note: Our refurbished grades - Pristine, Very Good and Good - are solely based on the cosmetic condition of the phone. They sing the chorus on Show of Hands' song "Cousin Jack" and the title track of Show of Hands' "best of" CD Roots. At that first meet-up in that Port Isaac sitting room back late in 1990, the old mates sat around on sofas and yearned about what they wanted to sing and how they wanted to do it; there were four fishermen and an ex-fisherman, various life boat men and coast guards, and a marine engineer for good measure; fishermen and their friends.