Tom Lewis

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This will be Tom’s long overdue second visit to folk club. A charismatic and popular singer and musician, Tom is a 24-year veteran of Her Majesty’s Royal Naval diesel submarines and the chances are that a number of the sea shanties you thought were traditional were in fact written by him. Songs like The Last Shanty (A Sailor Ain't A Sailor), Sailor's Prayer (Send Down A Dove) and Legend (Marching Inland),

If you like songs and stories of the sea, new and old, you’ll certainly enjoy an evening in his company and when a performer with such a wealth of chorus songs as Tom meets up with a brilliant chorus singing audience like the Music Institute’s the combination is exhilarating. In addition to his own material, Tom draws on his naval experience to provide authenticity when singing traditional sea songs.

Tom’s repertoire, from traditional shanties to songs fashioned out of his own seafaring background, recruits his audience for a voyage by turns reflective, dramatic and humorous, With songs that have become folk standards known and sung wherever great choruses ring out Tom's strong performances engage audiences with the spirit of the sea.