People on the internet are obsessed with "sea shanty TikTok" after a song called "The Wellerman" went viral.

PORT TOWNSEND — In January 2012, a loose coalition of sea chantey enthusiasts decided to meet each month to sing songs of the sea. A year later, the group has developed into a monthly gathering that ...

It’s just not a shanty. Sea shanty is often used as an umbrella term for maritime songs, but a true sea shanty is actually a work song, maritime musician and research historian Joseph Morneault ...

While TikTok users have apparently just discovered the maritime music, people in San Francisco Bay Area have hosted shanty sing-alongs for decades.

The inaugural Sea Shanty Song Circle and Sing-Along takes place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St., and will continue on the first Thursday of every month.

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 ...

Sea shanties have enjoyed some renewed attention on social media. A lot of them have strong ties to New England’s maritime culture and whaling industry.

Other sea shanties took off as well (there is some difference in the definition of these maritime songs, but we’ll just stick to shanties for now). Everyone was having a good time.

There's a massive trend on TikTok right now and it's all about singing and performing sea shanties. Have a go at our quiz to find out more about these songs and their history.

This sea shanty recording is an aural representation of extreme storm data Released to coincide with COP26, it's meant to illustrate impact of climate change.

So are sea shanties classical music? Absolutely! A sea shanty is a work song, traditionally shared among sailors in the 16th to 19th centuries during endless days and nights at sea.

The sounds of sailing headed to Hemyock thanks to an evening of sea shanty songs with the Barnacle Bouys. Around 100 people attended St Mary’s Church to enjoy a free evening with the group of ...