Mariide

Mariide, known for her performance teaching of maritime history and lore for schools and museums, has one of the most powerful and saltiest voices around. She has been one of the mainstays of the Northwest maritime music scene since its beginnings. She was the founder of St. Elmo's Choir, and was one of the original members of the Victory Sings at Sea group.
 
A longstanding social justice and environmental activist, Mariide's musical roots are in the 1960's Seattle folk scene. In 1966 she became the open-mic host at the Last Exit, a happening that set the benchmark for Seattle open mics. She is known for her witty songwriting on political and social themes.

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