{"id":8731,"date":"2021-01-15T16:37:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T00:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amateurmusic.org\/test\/?p=8731"},"modified":"2021-03-10T17:11:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T01:11:38","slug":"seashanties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amateurmusic.org\/info\/seashanties\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we\u2019re singing sea shanties in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8731\" class=\"elementor elementor-8731\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b0f70c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b0f70c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a92087\" data-id=\"8a92087\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268a565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"268a565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you\u2019ve spent any time recently on social media\u2014and especially on Twitter, YouTube, or TikTok\u2014you\u2019ve probably found it impossible to escape some haunting, old-fashioned melodies and rhythms. Sometimes sung solo, sometimes in duets, and sometimes in large virtual crowds, these songs have traversed the centuries to become the first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earworm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earworms\u00a0<\/a>of the new year: tunes you just can\u2019t get out of your head.<\/p><p>Welcome to the Great Sea Shanty Craze of 2021: a joyous celebration of tradition, of harmony, and\u2014most of all\u2014of amateur musicianship.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a6a4e9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6a6a4e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e2fffc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e2fffc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This year\u2019s revival began on December 27, 2020, when a 26-year-old Scottish postman and amateur musician, Nathan Evans, uploaded a video to TikTok, the app for sharing short-form videos. In the video, Evans sings \u201cSoon May the Wellerman Come,\u201d a 19th-century whaling song that originated in New Zealand. (A \u201cWellerman\u201d was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/15\/shantytok-how-a-19th-century-seafaring-epic-inspired-a-covid-generation#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an employee of the Sydney, Australia-based Weller brothers\u2019 shipping company<\/a>, which between 1833 and 1843 supplied provisions\u2014\u201dsugar and tea and rum\u201d\u2014to whaling ships off the New Zealand coast.)<\/p><blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nathanevanss\/video\/6910995345421962498\" data-video-id=\"6910995345421962498\"><section><a title=\"@nathanevanss\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nathanevanss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@nathanevanss<\/a><p>The Wellerman. <a title=\"seashanty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/seashanty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#seashanty<\/a> <a title=\"sea\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sea<\/a> <a title=\"shanty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/shanty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#shanty<\/a> <a title=\"viral\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/viral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#viral<\/a> <a title=\"singing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/singing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#singing<\/a> <a title=\"acoustic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/acoustic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#acoustic<\/a> <a title=\"pirate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pirate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#pirate<\/a> <a title=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#new<\/a> <a title=\"original\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/original\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#original<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"foryou\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#foryou<\/a> <a title=\"foryoupage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryoupage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#foryoupage<\/a> <a title=\"singer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/singer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#singer<\/a> <a title=\"scottishsinger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/scottishsinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#scottishsinger<\/a> <a title=\"scottish\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/scottish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#scottish<\/a><\/p><p><a title=\"\u266c original sound - N A T H A N E V A N S S\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-6910995343458962177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; N A T H A N E V A N S S<\/a><\/p><\/section><\/blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc09a99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc09a99\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4ffb1a\" data-id=\"c4ffb1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75ddcb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75ddcb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From there, #ShantyTok surged and billowed like a great Pacific wave. There was something oddly timely and\u2014ironically, in this age of COVID\u2014infectious about shanties, with their call-and-response structure that invites participation and their evocation of long voyages to exotic ports. After ten months of pandemic isolation, who among us wouldn\u2019t welcome a trip around Cape Horn or to the South Seas, even if it\u2019s only imaginary?<\/p><p>The centuries-old form has turned out to be a good fit for 21st-century technology. TikTok, for example, allows users to create duets, group videos, and reaction shots that add to the fun.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2c6fec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2c6fec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only thing I care about now is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shantytok?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shantytok<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/otJYDwD8XN\">https:\/\/t.co\/otJYDwD8XN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tiffany C. Li (@tiffanycli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tiffanycli\/status\/1349162261240107009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78c1b4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78c1b4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb8a231\" data-id=\"cb8a231\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-265ee2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"265ee2d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3991414\" data-id=\"3991414\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e3e556 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e3e556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Seas shanties belong to the broad genre known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/songs-of-america\/articles-and-essays\/musical-styles\/traditional-and-ethnic\/traditional-work-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">work songs<\/a>\u2014songs that either coordinate labor or relieve tedium (or both). Aboard an 18th- or 19th-century merchant-marine ship, a shantyman would lead sailors as they worked; different shanties would accompany different chores. Technically speaking, \u201cWellerman\u201d is a whaling song, not a shanty, folk musician and music educator David Coffin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/13\/style\/sea-shanty-tiktok-wellerman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told\u00a0<\/a>the New York Times: \u201cIt\u2019s a whaling song with the beat of a shanty, he said, but its purpose is that of a ballad \u2014 to tell a story, not to help sailors keep time.\u201d \u201cLeave Her Johnny\u201d\u2014a traditional song first recorded in 1917\u2013is more typical of a true shanty. The Bristol (UK) folk group The Longest Johns recorded it for the 2013 video game \u201cAssassin\u2019s Creed IV: Black Flag,\u201d which was an early factor in the contemporary shanty revival. In December 2020, The Longest Johns released a new version of the song with hundreds of participants..<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6faf92f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6faf92f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-722cc1d\" data-id=\"722cc1d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3b7871 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3b7871\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"746\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Fow61Zsn2s\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92f49c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92f49c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbdd08a\" data-id=\"bbdd08a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25dfa40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25dfa40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cShanty\u201d is a word with uncertain origins. It\u2019s sometimes spelled \u201cchantey,\u201d which suggests a connection to the French verb<em>\u00a0chanter<\/em>, to sing. Spelled \u201cshanty,\u201d it\u2019s unrelated to the \u201cshanty\u201d that refers to a small, rough dwelling; the latter word comes from a French-Canadian source.<\/p><p>If you feel like joining the chorus, the Hyde Street Pier\u2013part of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park\u2013is hosting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/givebutter.com\/ChanteySing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a live virtual shanty sing at noon on Saturday, January 16<\/a>. Join the public Facebook group for updates, and watch the video below, filmed before the pandemic, for inspiration. As folk musician David Coffin told the Times, \u201cIt\u2019s not the beauty of the song that gets people. It\u2019s the energy. You don\u2019t have to be a trained singer to sing on it. You\u2019re not supposed to sing pretty.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e36809 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e36809\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50b55f2\" data-id=\"50b55f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-800fc33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"800fc33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"746\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ky-t-leYAGk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve spent any time recently on social media\u2014and especially on Twitter, YouTube, or TikTok\u2014you\u2019ve probably found it impossible to escape some haunting, old-fashioned melodies and rhythms. 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