‘We were an unlikely crew to be singing these rough-hewn sailors’
work songs’: Joe Moran. Photograph: Shaw & Shaw/The Observer

Singing in harmony with others is a joyful thing, even in difficult times

There is something about singing in public that solicits everyone’s attention instantly and demands a reaction. It makes its own weather system wherever it happens. Even singing that is wildly off-tempo and off-key, like drunken karaoke, can’t be ignored. And when the singing is beautiful, it declares the singer’s emotional state and replicates it in the listener, gluing them together briefly in a moment of shared attention. Full story.

Joe Moran (The Guardian) / March 20, 2022

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