Nathan Evans was working as a mail carrier when he uploaded his cover of an old whaling tune. Now he has a folk-inspired album of his own songs, which he promises people can still “sing in the car.” ...
Sea shanties, particularly "The Wellerman," are going viral on TikTok. @nathanevanss/@strong_promises/TikTok People on the internet are obsessed with "sea shanty ...
Sea shanties have taken over social media, courtesy of a series of viral TikTok videos. "Shanty Tok" isn't a new phenomenon, but a viral video of Scottish singer Nathan Evans singing the song "The ...
To get to the bottom of the mystery, we reached out to the singers themselves and a sea shanty expert (yes, you read that correctly), who said there's actually a few different reasons why the work ...
Break out your pirate telescope, because sea shanties are the hot trend you didn't see coming. This TikTok fad, which began with Scottish singer Nathan Evans, is beyond catchy and an art form in ...
The morning of Jan. 12, I woke up with a simple phrase stuck in my head: “Soon may the wellerman come, the wellerman come, to bring us sugar and tea and rum,” or the refrain of the sea shanty that’s ...
#duet with @the.bobbybass SHANTY TIME once again! Adding a lower middle harmony :) @nthnevnss @_luke.the.voice_ @apsloan01 #shantytok #wellerman British folk band The Longest Johns have released three ...
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Hauling sail into 2021 like “soon may the Wellerman come …” By Rebecca Renner In the final week of 2020, Nathan Evans, a 26-year-old Scottish postman and aspiring musician, shared a video of himself ...