Great Big Sea

Great Big Sea

Biography

Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage. The band performs mostly original material.

Quick Facts

genre
Folk Rock
Active
1993 - 2013
origin
St. John