Maritime Folknet has produced its first CD, Northwest Tugboat Tales, a compilation of 17 songs by various performers. Some of the songs were written and recorded especially for this CD. We are very excited about the quality of the music.

The CD will be available for sale for the first time at the Folklife Store at the Northwest Folklife Festival, May 28 – May 31.

If you want to purchase the CD by mail, check back here soon for a link to CD Baby.

For more information about the CD, see the Tugboat CD page.

There will be a CD release party coming up in June, date and place to be announced. Check back here for news.

You Can Listen to the Podcast Online Anytime

Three performers from the Northwest Tugboat Tales CD (Jon Pfaff, Mary Garvey, Chris Roe) were featured on KUOW’s Weekday show.  You can listen to the podcast here. (Click on download in the center column.)  The radio show also included Jim Cole, past president of Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society; Rick Shrewsbury, the co-owner of Western Towboat Co., and excerpts of several songs from the CD.

Maritime Folknet supports Historic Everett and the Everett Maritime Museum in their quest to redevelop the historic Collins Building on the Everett Waterfront into a Farmer’s Market and Maritime Museum. We are especially interested in the possibility of including a small performance space that could be used for maritime concerts, fisher poet gatherings, and other cultural events.

To see a PDF file of the letter that Maritime Folknet wrote to the Port of Everett, click here.

The Collins Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Historic Everett has been a leader in the battle to prevent the demolition of this historic building.

To learn more, visit the Historic Everett website or the Port of Everett site.

On June 5th, the Port of Everett will hold a public meeting to discuss the possibility of redeveloping the Collins Building. Public support and input is needed. Please send letters or attend the meeting, or both.

Please send letters to:

Port of Everett Commissioners email addresses:

Troy McClelland: troym@portofeverett.com
Mark Wolken markw@portofeverett.com
Michael Hoffman michaelh@portofeverett.com

The mailing address is:
Port of Everett, P.O. Box 538, Everett, WA 98206

In addition, please CC both Historic Everett and Everett Maritime Museum.

Update, June 2010

Sadly, the Port of Everett chose to demolish the Collins Building rather than renovate it for a maritime museum. We hope that the Everett Maritime Museum will be successful in finding a space to create a museum.