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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Sea shanties have been a part of maritime culture for hundreds of years. Sea shanties boast a centuries-old history in the maritime world, with some saying that evidence of shanties goes back to the ...

The group is open to all ages, genders, voices and ability levels. Shanty singing doesn't require people to read music, just a willingness to show up and sing parts in unison. Shantyman Paul Webster, ...

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 ...

You won’t need a press gang to compel hundreds of people to attend a sea shanty sing-along with musician Seán Dagher. Dagher is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger, and he has become a ...

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 ...