The unlikely rise of the sea shanty band
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Hundreds of sea shanty bands have formed across the UK in recent years, drawing broad audiences from children to adults, after a 2021 TikTok craze around the New Zealand whaling song Wellerman sparked renewed interest in the traditional working songs of 19th-century sailors.
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