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The Longest Johns achieved TikTok fame in 2021 with a cover of the folk song "Wellerman," which kickstarted an interest in sea shanties on the app. Bon voyage, Peorians: Two bands known for a ...
It’s one of the most distinguishing features of Cornish identity – and now there is a campaign to get the ‘jam first’ rule immortalised as a sea shanty. The man behind the Jam First page on Facebook ...
Just two years ago, the Old Time Sailors were riding high on a wave of renewed interest in sea shanties. A TikTok-fuelled renaissance of folk music, banjos and foot-stomping saw the West Country ...
A SEA-SHANTY band is at the centre of a major modern slavery probe which was uncovered after their minibus was involved in a crash. Six members of The Old Time Sailors, a 20-piece folk music group ...
Margaritaville at Sea will add a third ship to its fleet in 2026, acquired from Costa Cruises. The new ship, the largest in the fleet, will accommodate around 3,450 passengers. It will feature ...
A massive fire burnt more than 30 shanties in a slum area near the Wazirabad village on Saturday afternoon, officials said. The fire spread rapidly after some mini cooking gas cylinders exploded ...
A massive fire gutted more than 30 shanties in a slum area near the Wazirabad village on Saturday (May 17, 2025) afternoon, officials said. The fire spread rapidly after some mini cooking gas ...
The first annual Shanty Fest will take place on the grounds of the Lewes Historical Society, at 110 Shipcarpenter St., from 1 to 7 p.m. May 17. The festival will feature "bands performing sea ...
"This was distinctly not a mammal," Starnes said. "This was definitely a sea lizard." Geologists in Mississippi found the vertebra of a mosasaur, a predatory marine lizard that lived in the ...
With the help of more than five dozen fossils, paleontologists have uncovered a tiny three-eyed predator nicknamed the “sea moth” that swam in Earth’s oceans 506 million years ago.