Shantyland
MICHIGAN’S PREMIERE* SEA SHANTY BAND
*uncontested
The West Michigan music scene is no stranger to collaboration, and it was only a matter of time before friends and fellow Grand Rapids-based musicians Michael Dause (Treeskin, Moss Manor) and Ben Traverse (Earthwork Music Collective), teamed up for a special collaboration.
![Shantyland 1 Album Cover Album cover of Songs of the Lakes Rivers and Seas: Shanties, Forecastle Songs, and Other Maritime Ballads, a collaboration with Michael Dause](https://bentraversemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Front-Cover.png)
The debut album is out everywhere!
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Starting in 2019, the duo spent time at the Earthwork Farm and at their houses recording a selection of traditional sea shanties and lake ballads with a couple of originals sprinkled in.
Shantyland on the Clean Water Campaign’s State of Water podcast!
![http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40086](https://bentraversemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/marquette.jpg)