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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 also performs original material.
Power retired from Great Big Sea in 2003 to spend more time with his family and friends.[3] Supporting members of the band include Canadian freelance drummer Kris MacFarlane (2002) (drums, accordion, guitar, backing vocals) and Murray Foster (2003, formerly of the band Moxy Früvous) (bass, backing vocals).
On July 13, 2010 Great Big Sea released their new album Safe Upon the Shore in North America. Alan's From the Road blog on the band's website, originally confirmed its production in an April posting, speaking also of the album's subsequent release in July.[9] Nothing But A Song is the first single off the bands' ninth studio recording, with a subsequent tour kicking off at the end of the summer 2010.
The band joined two fan cruises called Ships and Dip III January 27 - February 1, 2008, and Ships and Dip V February 1–6, 2009, both hosted by Barenaked Ladies. The artists on Ships and Dip remain onboard for the duration of the cruise (other than shore days), in contrast to some cruises where the artist or artists travel separately to one of the cruise destinations and perform there, or join the cruise for only a portion of the trip. Band members enjoy other artists' shows and the ship's amenities freely with the other guests. Great Big Sea performs several full shows on each cruise.
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