Shank Painters. (Photo by Epic Studio)
CAMDEN Camden Opera House offers a twist on trad in its SoundCheck series of small, safely distanced performances Friday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. For one hour, Portland’s pirate-themed trio Shank Painters will turn the opera house stage into a salt-soaked deck awash with seafaring tunes.
Captain Nobeard (Elizabeth Leibiger) discovered a love of sea shanties through the video game “Assassin s Creed IV: Black Flag,” trading in the piano for an accordion. Trouble von Bellows (Charlie Swerdlow) is a singer, guitarist, songwriter and translator of French shanties.
Fair B. Rapscallion (Fairen Stark) is a vocalist and banjo player, as well as a Maine College of Art student.