As evidenced in a viral video from Portsmouth, N.H., that landed him a role in the Amazon movie “Blow the Man Down,” it’s hard not to sing along with Gloucester’s David Coffin. So you may want to warn ...

Last month, David Coffin’s phone began blowing up. A Gloucester-based musician and the longtime master of ceremonies of the Christmas Revels’ holiday concerts, Coffin saw a flood of texts and messages ...

If you ask David Coffin, he will tell you that most people don’t understand the full scope of maritime music. “They think it’s just sea shanties, but those are a very specific kind of song … rhythmic ...

It's folly to examine why some things go viral on the internet, and by doing so one risks discounting the beauty of the simplest answer: They just do. Nothing makes sense. Roll with it. Or at least, ...