Storm Weather Shanty Choir was established in October 2000 by shantyman Haakon Vatle. The background for this music he has from the Norwegian tall ship "SS Statsraad Lehmkuhl" where he has been working every season since 1997. In addition, he has also done parallel music studies, with shanties as main topics, and has a living interest in maritime history and culture of tall ships and shanties. The choir counts six young crewmembers, all of them with a broad musical background.

Our mission and main directives is to bring forth a forgotten song tradition. At the same time we wish to give our audience, and ourselves, a lot of fun, and experience the pleasure of salty folk music. With the old true sailors in mind, we wish to give the shanties all the power, humour and respect they deserve.

Foto: Nicolay Mortensen