The man who put centuries-old folk songs into the social-media spotlight is now sailing into stardom with a record deal and a new single — based on the sea shanty that ushered in the most ...

The Wellerman has indeed come for newly minted TikTok star Nathan Evans — or, more appropriately, a record company has come for “The Wellerman.” Evans, whose performance of the traditional work tune ...

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The man behind the current TikTok sea shanty craze has quit his job as a postman after his single crashed into the Top 10. Nathan Evans, 26, helped bring exposure to the craze on the social media app ...

Out on the bay, the boats are jostling in the breeze, rain speckling their pale masts and the bright red buoys. Back on land, in the low-lit warmth of the Chain Locker pub, a band called Bone Idol ...

On Christmas, Nathan Evans was a struggling 26-year-old musician who delivered mail by day in Airdrie, Scotland, a small town outside Glasgow. He needed a job that would allow him time to practice and ...

"I was a postman on Friday. Now I have just signed to the biggest record label in... the world". In the space of just a few weeks, Scottish postie Nathan Evans has quit his Royal Mail job and signed ...