Sean Dagher is a Canadian singer and musician. He is known for singing sea shanties and old songs, using his heavy voice and instruments like the guitar, oud, and banjo. He works with La Nef, a music ...

PORT TOWNSEND — In January 2012, a loose coalition of sea chantey enthusiasts decided to meet each month to sing songs of the sea. A year later, the group has developed into a monthly gathering that ...

David Lowery’s Peter Pan & Wendy movie, which began streaming on Disney+ on Friday, doesn’t really feel like a David Lowery movie… until the sea shanty scene. As the filmmaker behind 2021’s The Green ...

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,” ...

Brian O’Donovan is a broadcaster, writer, and presenter, and lives in Cambridge, MA. Born and raised in Clonakilty West Cork in a family of 9, O'Donovan received his BA from University College Cork in ...

In addition to its usual dance trends and viral songs, TikTok has now resurrected the centuries-old tradition of sea shanties. The Encyclopedia Brittanica defines a sea shanty as a “sailors’ work song ...

Argh, the latest trend in pandemic distraction may be - shiver me timbers - sea shanties. (SOUNDBITE OF VIDEO) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Singing) There once was a ship that put to sea, and the name of ...

After a decade of research, a couple from Maine has just published a book, Songs of Ships & Sailors, comprised of folk songs from their region that have been rarely heard for roughly 80 years. For the ...

People on the internet are obsessed with "sea shanty TikTok" after a song called "The Wellerman" went viral. A sea shanty expert says the song isn't really a sea shanty because it's not in a call and ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — There once was a tune that tickled the Internet's fancy/When TikTok revived the humble sea shanty/The views came fast, the fad could last/Go, read about it go: People are stuck ...