In recent weeks of January 2021, the Sea Shanty song trend has become viral. Postman and now viral singer, Nathan Evans, released his debut single ‘Wellerman’, along with, a remix by 220 Kid and Billen Ted.
Postman Nathan Evans from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire in Scotland, decided to upload songs to TikTok, after completing his morning duties as a postman. ‘The Sea Shanty‘, a famous song which is a fisherman-themed, multi-harmonised folk music style. The first track he shared was a cover of Leave Her, Johnny, the traditional Irish shanty, that dates back to the early part of the last century.
Now the Scottish Postman is famous after singing his ‘Wellerman‘ song, he has recently signed to Polydor Records which is amazing.
“back in the day when the shanties were sung, it was to bring everybody together, to keep them all in time, to keep the morale high”
Nathan Evans
By the time Nathan uploaded a rendition of the New Zealand whaling ballad The Wellerman a few months later, he was at the centre of a new cultural movement whirling around sea shanties. To date, he has over 500,000 TikTok followers. Now, taking his music career full time, he follows in the chart-dominating footsteps of those he has always admired including Dermot Kennedy and Lewis Capaldi as well as finding unlikely fans in Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gary Barlow and Ronan Keating who have also uploaded their renditions of the song alongside the current 1.6 billion videos using the hashtag #seashanty on TikTok.
Why not listen to both the remix version and the original version of Nathan Evan’s ‘Wellerman‘ now?