Sea Song Sessions is a collection of British maritime folk songs and sea shanties, performed by a collective of some of British folk musics leading lights. The concept for the album came to them in 2021, when they were asked to prepare an evening of sea-related songs for the Folkestone Festival. Bodens celebrated work as frontman of Bellowhead (of course no strangers to sea-faring songs) and Ben Nicholls band, Kings of The South Seas (who play exclusively maritime-influenced music), Seth Lakemans own extensive body of work from the South West as well as Emily Portman and Jack Rutters sizeable oceanic repertoires, all formed the natural foundation and inspiration for these acclaimed musicians to conceive the Sea Song Sessions.