Cztery Refy

Sea shanties and maritime folk band from Poland.
The "Cztery Refy" or "The Four Reefs"- came into existence around the end of 1985. All the band's founding members of the band belonged to the AKŻ (Academic Sailing Club) in Lodz. The band's repertoire consists of over 250 pieces including: shanties, sea ballads, whaling and fishing songs, songs about sea battles, as well as instrumental tunes based on the folk music of Ireland, Scotland, England and Brittany, which had been played on the decks of large sailing vessels. Many of the lyrics are the "Refy's" own Polish translations of traditional sea songs. They also sing in English. Members of the band use only traditional acoustic instruments: the concertina, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, tin whistle and Jew's harp.