Nathan Evans is a Scottish singer who rose to fame in 2020 with his viral performance of the sea shanty “Wellerman.” He has since achieved significant success, including a number-one hit in ...

What the heck is a sea shanty, and why do we care ... like tea and rum, as the lyrics go. The song was written around 1860, when catching whales for their fat, meat, baleen plates and skin ...

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.” ...

Here, sea shanty singers don’t need the technical ... “All you have to do is show up early, get a lyric book, read the lyrics up on the projector and we’ll teach you everything.” ...