The Longest Johns, makers of raucous merriment, came to London during the last week of April 2022, playing at Scala in King’s Cross, in North London. Digital Journal was present and bopping along. For ...

As mentioned, Celtic punk vets The Real McKenzies are releasing a new album of punk renditions of classic sea shanties including multiple pieces by Scottish poet/lyricist Robert Burns called Songs Of ...

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 ...

During the cold winter of 2021, we had the humble sea shanty to keep us warm. TikTok saw a surge of creators recording renditions of sea shanties, making the tradition that dates back to the 1800s ...

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 ...

This is what pirate music actually sounded like. 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 ...

It's folly to examine why some things go viral on the internet, and by doing so one risks discounting the beauty of the simplest answer: They just do. Nothing makes sense. Roll with it. Or at least, ...

Go, read about it go: People are stuck at home, toiling away, getting bored, going stir crazy. Cooped-up sailors who felt the same way on long ocean journeys broke up the tedium with work songs called ...

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.” ...

A lot of us have spent more time than ever in front of screens these past, oh, 22 months. And some us have had to cry for help occasionally. Information technology workers may be today's seafarers ...