Bounding Main

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Bounding Main

Bounding Main at Bristol Renaissance Faire, Wisconsin, 2010.
Background information
Genres A Cappella, Folk music, Sea Shanties
Years active 2003 to present
Labels Independent
Website Official Site
Members
Dean Calin
Christie Dalby
Gina Dalby
Jon Krivitzky
David Yondorf
Past members
Maggie Hannington

Bounding Main is an American a cappella quintet focusing on traditional sea shanties and maritime music.

Formed in 2003, Bounding Main performs maritime music, presenting an "Elizabethan Sea Dog" look in their costumes and gear.[1] They perform traditional sea shanties and nautical ballads from as far back as 400 years ago, as well as new maritime music, some composed within the group.[2] Bounding Main attempts to introduce historical music and structure in a way that appeals to listeners who might otherwise consider it "old-fashioned" through the use of harmony-focused arrangements agreeable to the modern ear and attention span.

Their fan club is known as the Bounding Mainiacs.[3]

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[edit] History

Bounding Main was formed when Dean Calin contacted five other veteran environmental theater performers, Christie Dalby, Gina Dalby, Maggie Hannington, Jon Krivitzky, and David Yondorf, inquiring if they wanted to join together to sing maritime music. The group met for rehearsal for the first time on January 19, 2003.[4] They performed as a sextet until March 2010, when Maggie Hannington retired from the group to make time for her family, especially her young child, but the group continues to perform as a quintet.[5]

As all six performers were vocalists, and traditional sea shanties were often performed a cappella, the group decided to perform their music a cappella with minimal percussion for some songs. The group originally collaborated with instrumentalists on their first CD, Maiden Voyage, but since then have elected to mainly produce "true-to-performance" tracks.

Bounding Main has performed at maritime museums, maritime music festivals, tall ship festivals, harbor festivals, arts festivals, pirate festivals, renaissance faires, wooden boat shows, corporate events and private parties.

Bounding Main has produced five CDs: Maiden Voyage, Lost at Sea, Going Overboard, Operation Share the Shanties, and Kraken Up. Going Overboard was favorably reviewed in Dirty Linen magazine in 2010.[6]

Their first performance in Europe was at the Festival Maritim in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany in August 2008. Six weeks later, the group embarked upon their second overseas trip, traveling to the Netherlands for the Liereliet Festival. In February 2010 they performed at the 29th International Sailors' Song Festival, "Shanties 2010" in Krakow, Poland.[7] In August 2011 they again traveled to the Netherlands and performed at the 10th anniversary of the "Bie Daip International Shanty Festival" in Appingedam, Netherlands.[8]

[edit] Museums

Bounding Main's music has been welcome at the following museums as a representation of either maritime or pirate music.

Additionally, their music tours further as a part of NRG's traveling "Treasure" exhibit. Some of the museums that have been visited by this exhibit include:

[edit] Awards

  1. "Renaissance Festival Podcast" Best Music Groups of 2006 (placed 4th),[9]
  2. "Renaissance Festival Podcast" Best Music Groups of 2007 (placed 4th),[10]
  3. "Renaissance Festival Podcast" Best Music Groups of 2008 (placed 4th),[11]

[edit] Discography

Bounding Main at Door County Museum Wooden Boat Show, August 6, 2006.
  • Bounding Main's song "High Barbaree" appeared on Lafitte's Return Vol. 2, produced by Bob Brinkman for Pirates for the Preservation of New Orleans Music, 2007.
  • Bounding Main's song "High Barbaree" appeared on Renaissance Festival Podcast Compilation CD, produced by Marc Gunn, 2008.
  • Bounding Main's song "Derelict" appeared on Lafitte's Return Vol. 3, produced by Bob Brinkman for Pirates for the Preservation of New Orleans Music, 2008.
  • Bounding Main's song "Blow Liza Blow" appeared on Lafitte's Return Vol. 4, produced by Bob Brinkman for Pirates for the Preservation of New Orleans Music, 2008.
  • Bounding Main's song "Blow Liza Blow" appeared on Goin' Back Home Vol. 3, produced by Quickstar Productions, 2009.
  • Bounding Main's song "Dogger Bank" appeared on "BIE DAIP" APPINGEDAM 10 jaar International Shanty Festival, produced by Bie Daip International Shanty Festival, 2011.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Off the Beaten Shore," by Cathy Gresey. Grayslake Times, February 17–23, 2006, page A1. Available at: http://www.boundingmain.com/pdf/Grayslake%20Times.PDF
  2. ^ Review of CD "Going Overboard" on celtophila.com. Review of CD "Lost At Sea" on Bilgemunky.com
  3. ^ "Bounding Main revives maritime music for a new generation" by Julie Lawrence. OnMilwaukee.com Published Feb. 2, 2006 at 5:26 a.m., available at http://www.onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/boundingmain.html (Accessed April 10, 2010.)
  4. ^ Bounding Main official website, "Our Story"
  5. ^ Bounding Main official website, "Maggie bio," see also Bounding Main Facebook posting "A new direction for Bounding Main."
  6. ^ "Linen Shorts" (review listed under heading "Bounding Main, Going Overboard: Sea Shanties & Nautical Ballads"), Dirty Linen #145, January/February 2010, page 57.
  7. ^ List of performers for 2010 on official website of the International Sea Songs Festival.
  8. ^ List of performers for 2011 on official website of the Bie Daip International Shanty Festival.
  9. ^ 2nd Annual Renaissance Festival Awards
  10. ^ 3rd Annual Renaissance Festival Awards
  11. ^ 4th Annual Renaissance Festival Awards

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