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.” ...
Explore the roots of Sea Shanties in African American, English, and Irish cultures as we sing together, learn the roles shanties played aboard ships, and journey across both the High Seas and the ...
The Fisherman’s Friends have achieved something remarkable in modern music: making centuries-old sea shanties commercially ...
Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes and there are no seas in sight. That has not stopped a group of Minnesotans from singing the praises of sea shanties. On most Monday nights, shanty sing-alongs ...
Former Davis City Council member Dick Holdstock will return to the stage at the Winters Opera House on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m., performing Shanties and Sea Songs from the Golden Age of Sail off the ...
The Wellington Sea Shanty Society (W.S.S.S.) is ready to drop anchor on their new EP Sea Shanties of the 70s, 80s & Today! on Aug. 30. Following the slowed sea balladry of the lead single, “A Sailor ...
Long ago, when most of the world was outside of their homes, working, growing, building, hunting, and living off the land (and not on social media machines), the work song was as important as any bit ...
A video-game musician who plays sea shanties and a musician known as Laid Back Country Picker each will perform a concert at ...
Songs like “A Pirate’s Life for Me” and “Dead Man’s Chest” are as prevalent in pirate lore as eye patches or treasure maps. These tunes, however, were written more than a hundred years after the ...