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A new version of "Wellerman" with German folk band Santiano was released as a single on 19 February 2021. [26] This version was included on the track listing of Santiano's EP Sea Shanties – Wellerman, which was released digitally on 26 February 2021. [27]
Evans planned to release a five-song EP of sea shanties in 2021. [25] However, in November 2022, Evans released his first full-length album, titled Wellerman – The Album, which is largely a collection of sea shanties, including his viral 2021 cover of "Wellerman" and its dance remix. The album also includes Evans's original composition "Haul ...
They currently consist of 15 members and perform primarily sea shanties and folk music in the English tradition, as well as composing and recording their own music. They came to the attention of media for their rendition of the 1800s folk song “ Wellerman ”, as the song was popularized on the video sharing social network service TikTok in ...
The video of the Marsh family singing their “cheeky” adaptation of the chart-topping Wellerman sea shanty has racked up more than 1.4 million views since it was posted on Twitter on Wednesday ...
British group The Longest Johns helped the digital revival of sea shanties with a 2018 recording of "Soon May the Wellerman Come,’ which has since seen nearly 30 million streams on YouTube and ...
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2013 The Wellington Sea Shanty Society released a version of the song on their album Now That's What I Call Sea Shanties Vol. 1. 2021 Industrial/Steampunk band Abney Park released a version on their album "Technoshanties" 2022 Nathan Evans recorded the song under the title "Roll the Old Chariot" on The Wellerman Album
Wellerman" is a ballad (often erroneously referred to as a sea shanty) that refers to the wellermen, the supply ships owned by the trading company set up by the Weller Brothers. [7] The song was originally collected around 1966 by the New Zealand-based music teacher and folk song compiler, Neil Colquhoun.