THE GREAT Big Sea's sailor shanty style reflects the group's Newfoundland home so jovially that an album made solely of local and traditional tunes is a logical choice. Many of the tracks on "The Hard ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

On his first solo album, 2012’s Boy on Bridge, Great Big Sea singer-guitarist Alan Doyle set out to make a “travelogue.” “I intentionally wanted to leave the tricks I learned behind and I wanted to ...