Sea Shanties Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

And the latest act to jump onboard the TikTok sea shanty craze is…Nickelback? Yep.

So far, 2021 is turning out to be almost as weird as 2020. Witness the craze for sea shanties on

If you’re an observer of TikTok, you’ll know that the current hot trend involves people posting sea shanties. Why? No

Yo-ho-ho and a bathtub you can play baseball in: Nickelback is one of the latest bands picking up vessels of

What kind of digital hoarder are you? I’d like to think I’m a Collector, but I fear I may be

Who would have expected that sea shanties–often centuries old sailor worksongs–would become a massive social media trend? Just go to

The thing about TikTok is that you never, ever know what’s going to bubble up. The latest example is an

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver