With hearty voices singing along to the rhythm of the washboard, drum and tambourines, there is no mistaking the joy with which the u3a Island Shanty group belt out their favourite songs. Did you know ...

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The Wellerman has indeed come for newly minted TikTok star Nathan Evans — or, more appropriately, a record company has come for “The Wellerman.” Evans, whose performance of the traditional work tune ...

The man who put centuries-old folk songs into the social-media spotlight is now sailing into stardom with a record deal and a new single — based on the sea shanty that ushered in the most ...