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Sean Dagher
May 22, 2026 at 08:38 AM
Light pass on an already accurate page: linked the game name and the British Tars shanty entry; no factual changes.
Sean Dagher is the Canadian folk singer and shantyman who performs and records the sea shanties for Windrose. He was also part of the four-singer quartet (Nils Brown, Sean Dagher, Michiel Schrey, and Clayton Kennedy) that performed the sea shanties in Ubisoft's 2013 pirate game that heavily influenced Windrose's naval combat design. The shanties Dagher sings are traditional Age-of-Sail works (Drunken Sailor, Leave Her Johnny, Blow the Man Down, and others) rather than original compositions; his contribution is the live vocal performance and arrangement rather than songwriting.
Developer Yar_master confirmed Dagher's role on the Steam Community hub: "The vocals were recorded live by Sean Dagher, an amazing artist and a shantyman in AC Black Flag." His work provides the vocal performances for the traditional sea shanties the NPC crew sings while sailing, turning long travel sequences into atmospheric moments that have been widely praised by press and players.
Dagher's performances on Windrose cover a mix of traditional Age-of-Sail shanties re-recorded or arranged for the game:
Rolling Home (released as a standalone single in August 2025)
Initially, Dagher recorded all vocal parts and harmonies himself, which the developer confirmed by stating: "for now we have contracted only one singer, and he had to sing all the tones." Community feedback requesting "rougher backing vocals" led Kraken Express to acknowledge plans for multi-vocalist recordings in future Early Access updates.
Dagher was one of four classically trained vocalists (alongside Nils Brown, Michiel Schrey, and Clayton Kennedy) who performed the sea shanties in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, which released in 2013 and remains one of the most beloved pirate games ever made. Windrose's developers explicitly cite AC4: Black Flag as a direct inspiration for naval combat, and sharing Dagher between both games creates a subtle audio continuity that rewards players who have experienced both. A Steam Community member titled a thread "We don't deserve this game," praising the game's "absolute BANGER music" in part because of Dagher's reputation.
All shanties in Windrose are produced entirely in-house with no AI vocal or compositional tools used. Kraken Express confirmed on Steam Community that the shanties "are made in house and DO NOT use A.I." The instrumental arrangements are composed and produced in-house at Kraken Express alongside Dagher's vocal recordings.
Dagher's work is featured on the Windrose Original Soundtrack, available as a standalone Steam DLC or bundled with the Windrose Supporter Bundle ($39.99) alongside wallpapers. The OST gives owners a full audio library of the game's shanties and incidental music.
Sea Shanties - full shanty overview
Kraken Express - studio profile
NPC Crew - crew behavior including shanties
