Sea shanties
What are the different types of sea shanties?
Capstan and halyard songs were both used by shanty singers on board merchant ships to help crews with their chores
Five of the best sea shanties
There's nothing like singing along to a good old sea shanty. Here are 5 of the greatest sea shanty songs to sing by the sea, in the pub or at any of the UK's brilliant sea shanty festivals
Shanty mad: why the age-old folk tradition of the sea shanty has made a comeback
Once sung by sailors out at sea, shanties took the world by storm during the darkest days of lockdown. Freya Parr investigates this surprising resurgence
The best sea shanty collectors from history
Sea shanties have been passed through the generations as one of the primary forms of folk song. As well as simply being shared through word of mouth, there were a few song collectors from the 20th century who helped put them down on paper and establish a library of shanties sung on ships at sea
Why global TikTok phenomenon 'Wellerman' isn't actually a sea shanty
Bristol-based sea shanty group The Longest Johns explain why 'Wellerman' isn't technically a sea shanty and why, in fact, only about a third of their repertoire could be classed as shanties
Bristol to host its first sea shanty festival
The city's inaugural shanty festival is due to take place at the SS Great Britain and other venues around Bristol's harbourside
Everything we know about Fisherman's Friends 2, its release date, trailer, cast and soundtrack
Filming is underway for the sequel to the 2019 film about the Port Isaac sea shanty crew – and it's slated for release in early 2022
Sea shanty TikTok star Nathan Evans to release The Book of Sea Shanties
The Book of Sea Shanties: Wellerman and Other Songs from the Seven Seas will feature 35 of Nathan Evans's favourite shanties and the stories behind them
Fisherman's Friends begins filming for sequel
The creative team behind the 2019 film about the Cornish sea shanty group The Fisherman's Friends from Port Isaac has announced that filming has begun for a sequel
Sea shanty band The Longest Johns invite singers to join them for global 'Wellerman' singalong
The Bristol-based folk band shot to fame earlier this year when their cover of the 19th-century sea shanty 'Wellerman' entered the UK Top 40 thanks to an emerging TikTok trend
Sea shanty TikTok viral star Nathan Evans signs record deal with Universal
The Scottish postman went viral on social media platform TikTok earlier this month, thanks to his rendition of 'Wellerman', a 19th-century sea shanty
When were sea shanties invented?
Roderick Swanston takes a look at the origins of the sea shanty and discovers a rich musical heritage, which dates back to at least the 15th century and possibly earlier
Viral TikTok sea shanty singer Nathan Evans releases 'Wellerman' original song and remix
Scottish postman Nathan Evans's rendition of the New Zealand whaling song went viral earlier this month on social media app, in a trend that's now taken over the internet
The viral sea shanty trend sweeping TikTok: We explain the phenomenon
#SeaShantyTikTok is currently dominating social media platforms, thanks to a rendition of 'Wellerman' by a Scottish postman and folk singer. Here, we provide a short history of sea shanties and explain what this viral trend is all about
What is a sea shanty?
We explain the history of sea shanties, where the word 'shanty' comes from and where you can hear sea shanties performed today