Or at least, that’s the easiest thing to tell yourself when “The Wellerman,” a 19th ... and one of the reasons sea shanties and the music of everyday people is kept alive through history ...

‘The Wellerman ... shanty – grounding it with steady bass rhythms, but giving it that relentless forward impetus with an improvised and highly syncopated melody. “The best music trend of the past year ...

he posted his take on “Soon May the Wellerman Come.” The sea shanty went viral, hitting more than 8 million views at the time this story was published. A leading maritime music scholar marvels ...

On TikTok, a Scottish postman-musician’s take on the old song, “Soon May the Wellerman ... has been immersed in sea shanties for much of his life. He discovered the music as a teen who was ...

Known as “Soon May the Wellerman Come” as well as “Wellerman” or “The Wellerman,” the sea shanty from New Zealand ... in 1966 by New Zealand-based music teacher and folk music composer ...

By Isabella Kwai Nathan Evans had no idea when he uploaded a cover of “The Wellerman,” a whaling song with a shanty beat, that it would help touch off, well, a sea ... up on a music career.

Or at least, that’s the easiest thing to tell yourself when “The Wellerman,” a 19th ... and one of the reasons sea shanties and the music of everyday people is kept alive through history ...