Sea shanty sensation Nathan Evans signs with UTA

The 'Wellerman' singer will be represented by Emily Robbins and a team of United Talent agents on a worldwide basis

Nathan Evans

UTA has signed Nathan Evans, the Scottish singer who found fame on TikTok for his rendition of the whaling ballad ‘Soon May the Wellerman Come’, for worldwide representation.

Evans, a former postman who is credited with inspiring the unlikely social media craze around sea shanties, has held the no.2 spot in the UK charts for three weeks with the 220 Kid/Billen Ted remix of ‘Wellerman’ on Universal Music. At UTA, he will be represented by a “large-cross section of…

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