A remarkable COVID-era social media trend birthed a global sea shanty resurgence. Shanties have many definitions, but in this case they are sailing songs of yore. They garnered new appreciation in ...

ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — Visitors to Rockford’s Kent District Library branch can sing along to some Midwest sea shanties with a Grand Rapids folk musician July 16. Ben Traverse, a musician and member ...

Last month, David Coffin’s phone began blowing up. A Gloucester-based musician and the longtime master of ceremonies of the Christmas Revels’ holiday concerts, Coffin saw a flood of texts and messages ...

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 ...

Bon voyage, Peorians: Two bands known for a cappella stylings and English folk songs are bringing their collaborative tour to the Peoria Civic Center this fall. Country a cappella group Home Free and ...

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.” ...

If you’re on TikTok, the go-to app for Gen Z and millennials, you probably spent early January humming catchy nautical tunes while washing never-ending dishes or doomscrolling while you wait for pizza ...

When I woke up last Friday morning, I realized I had several messages. All of them were links to a TikTok video of several guys singing a song, a sea shanty from the 19th century called “Wellerman,” ...

Sea shanties have survived for centuries, far beyond the golden age of seafaring. A lot of them have strong ties to New England’s maritime culture, especially the culture built around the whaling ...