SCOTS sea shanty TikTok star Nathan Evans has finally released the official music video for Wellerman. The Scots singer, 26, became an overnight sensation after starting a TikTok trend for ancient ...
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.” ...
“Soon may the wellerman come, to bring us sugar and tea and rum one day, when the tonguing is done we’ll take our leave and go” is a refrain many folks are familiar with thanks to the viral popularity ...
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, ...
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 ...
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,” ...
Just over a week ago, Nathan was a postman in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, recording songs and posting them on Tik Tok. His rendition of traditional folk song The Wellerman was swept up on the rising ...
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 ...
Fans say Wellerman singer Nathan Evans' new song is like Pink or Ed Sheeran banger as he responds to troll who wants him publicly executed. The Sea Shanty hitmaker who also released the catchy Told ...
Within weeks the former postman was signed to a record deal and his first single - a 220 KID and Billen Ted remix of his Wellerman track - reached number one in The Official Big Top 40. And now, ...