There's just something about having a group of people singing that is just so appealing to me and I just can't put my finger onto why but I think it has something to do with the social side of it.
> There's just something about having a group of people singing that is just so appealing to me...
If you like The Longest Johns, check out Port Isaac's Fisherman Friends. Similar large vocal group.
I can tell you why I like a lot of those groups: It's people who can sing, singing. No autotune, no filters, no massive audio processing pipelines. I've heard plenty of groups like that at festivals over the years, and they tend to sound just like they do on the album (for good or for bad - Gaelic Storm's live shows have no energy to them, they're just performing the album).
My recommendation is the Dreadnoughts. "Roll Northumbria" is an old style shanty about a modern day oil tanker. Hands down best introduction to the group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d3XHQVMHDM
Some of my favourites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KO7cofMJH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVkD4lgXTEU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49FWp7WLYKw
There's just something about having a group of people singing that is just so appealing to me and I just can't put my finger onto why but I think it has something to do with the social side of it.