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Heather Rankin (singer)
Heather Elaine Rankin (born October 24, 1967) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actor. She is most well known as a member of the multi-platinum selling musical group The Rankin Family. Between 1989 and 1999, the family band released five full albums, a five-song EP and two compilations of their most popular songs. They toured extensively in Canada, the U.S, the U.K, Australia and New Zealand and won six Juno Awards, three Canadian Country Music Awards, an American country music Television Award and fifteen East Coast Music Awards. Combined sales of their recordings exceeded 1.5 million copies. As an actor, Rankin has performed on stages in Toronto and Halifax and has appeared in a number of films. She is also co-owner of The Red Shoe Pub in Mabou, Cape Breton. Rankin has released two solo records, ''A Fine Line'' (2016) and ''Imagine'' (2017). Early life Heather Rankin was born in Mabou, Nova Scotia, a rural community deeply rooted in its Gaelic tradition. She is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabou, Nova Scotia
Mabou is an unincorporated settlement in the Municipality of the County of Inverness on the west coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The population in 2011 was 1,207 residents. It is the site of The Red Shoe pub, the An Drochaid Museum, and Glenora Distillers History The name Mabou is thought to derive from Mi'kmaq name ''Malabo'', shortened from ''Malabokek'', meaning "place where two rivers meet" (the Mabou and Southwest Mabou rivers). It is also thought to mean "Shining Waters" or "Sparkling Waters". In Canadian Gaelic it is called An Drochaid, meaning "The Bridge". In 1841, the first resident Roman Catholic priest, ''Maighstir Alasdair Mòr'' (Fr. Alexander MacDonald, 1801-1865) was assigned to Mabou, where he was seen as, "a veritable chieftain and patron of poets." Fr. MacDonald was also a very near kinsman to many local Gaelic-speaking pioneers, as he was 8th in descent from Iain Dubh MacDhòmhnaill, the 1st Tacksman of Bohuntine for Clan MacDonald o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rankin Family (album)
''The Rankin Family'' is the debut album by Canadian folk music group The Rankin Family. The album was originally self-released by the siblings in 1989. It was re-issued by Capitol Records in 1992 and certified Platinum by the CRIA. Track listing #"Mo rùn geal dìleas (My Faithful Fair One)" #"Lonely Island" #"Loving Arms" #"Piano Medley: Memories of Bishop MacDonald/The Tweeddale Club/MacFarlane's Rant/Lively Steps" #"Mairi's Wedding (Michael Rankin's Reel)" #" Roving Gypsy Boy" #" Chì mi na mòrbheanna (Mist Covered Mountains)" #"Fiddle Medley: The Warlock's Strathspey/Bog-an-Lochan/Nine Pint Coggie/Mr. J. Forbes/Hull's Reel" #"Lament of the Irish Immigrant" #"Jigging Medley: Whiskey in a Cup/King George/Old King's Reel/King's Reel/Bodachan a'mhìrein" References External links * ''The Rankin Family''at Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Country (album)
''North Country'' is the third studio album by Canadian folk music group The Rankin Family. It was released by EMI on August 24, 1993. The album peaked at number 1 on the ''RPM'' Country Albums chart. A revised version was released in the United States in 1994. This version contained material from the original ''North Country'' album, 1992's ''Fare Thee Well Love'' and the '' Grey Dusk of Eve'' EP. Track listing Original release #" North Country" (Jimmy Rankin) - 3:36 #"Oich U Agus H-Iuraibh Éile (Love Song)" (Traditional) - 3:01 #"Borders and Time" (Jimmy Rankin) - 3:23 #"Mull River Shuffle" (Donald Angus Beaton, J. S. Skinner, Jimmy Rankin, Wilfred Gillis) - 4:54 #"Lisa Brown" (Jimmy Rankin) - 3:03 #"Ho Ro Mo Nighean Donn Bhòidheach" (Traditional) - 4:41 #"Tramp Miner" (Jimmy Rankin) - 3:18 #" Rise Again" (Leon Dubinsky) - 3:47 #"Leis An Lurgainn" (Traditional) - 3:04 #"Christy Campbell Medley" (Traditional) - 4:40 #"Saved in the Arms" (Jimmy Rankin) - 3:45 #"Johnny Tulloch: B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of List of sovereign states headed by Elizabeth II, 32 sovereign states during her lifetime, and was head of state of 15 realms at the time of her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, longest of any British monarch and the List of longest-reigning monarchs, longest verified reign of any female monarch in history. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon Abdication of Edward VIII, the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, making the ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg Folk Festival
The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a nonprofit charitable organization with an annual summer folk music festival held in Birds Hill Provincial Park, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The festival features a variety of artists and music from around the world and is sure to include a number of local artists. Begun by Mitch Podolak, Colin Gorrie, and Ava Kobrinsky in 1974 as a celebration of Winnipeg's centennial, the festival itself has grown into an event exceeding 70,000 attendees to the festival annually. The festival is held over the second weekend of July, beginning on Thursday night and running through to Sunday night. Beyond the four-day festival, the organization offers year-round concert programming at venues throughout the city bringing in artists as well as organizing free concert programming throughout the city. Music The festival offers a wide selection of music over the four-day festival. Throughout the year the organization facilitates the Hear All Year concert series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Much Music
Much (an abbreviation for its full name MuchMusic) is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. through its Bell Media subsidiary that airs programming aimed at teenagers and young adults. MuchMusic launched on August 31, 1984, under the ownership of CHUM Limited, and was originally focused on music programming, including blocks of music videos and original series focusing on Canadian musicians. In the years since its acquisition by Bell, Much has cancelled the majority of its music programming due to budget and staffing cuts. The channel's full name was retired in 2013 in reflection of its decreasing reliance on music-related programming. History Under CHUM (1984–2006) MuchMusic was licensed on April 2, 1984 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to CHUM Limited. It had faced competition from two other proposed services. One of them, ''CMTV Canadian Music Television'', was deemed not to have sufficient financial resour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPM (magazine)
''RPM'' ( and later ) was a Canadian music-industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. ''RPM'' ceased publication in November 2000. ''RPM'' stood for "Records, Promotion, Music". The magazine's title varied over the years, including ''RPM Weekly'' and ''RPM Magazine''. Canadian music charts ''RPM'' maintained several format charts, including Top Singles (all genres), Adult Contemporary, Dance, Urban, Rock/Alternative and Country Tracks (or Top Country Tracks) for country music. On 21 March 1966, ''RPM'' expanded its Top Singles chart from 40 positions to 100. On 6 December 1980, the main chart became a top-50 chart and remained this way until 4 August 1984, whereupon it reverted to a top-100 singles chart. For the first several weeks of its existence, the magazine did not compile a national chart, but simply printed the cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillis Mountain
"Gillis Mountain" is a song recorded by Canadian music group The Rankin Family. It was released in 1993 as the third single from their second studio album, ''Fare Thee Well Love''. It peaked in the top 10 on the ''RPM Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or with the notation min−1) is a unit of rotational speed or rotational frequency for rotating machines. Standards ISO 80000-3:2019 defines a unit of rotation as the dimensionl ...'' Country Tracks and Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. The song is a reference tGillis Mountain a 166-meter mountain in Cape Breton. Chart performance Year-end charts References {{authority control 1990 songs 1993 singles The Rankin Family songs Capitol Records singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orangedale Whistle
"Orangedale Whistle" is a song recorded by Canadian music group The Rankin Family. It was released in 1992 as the first single from their second studio album, ''Fare Thee Well Love''. It peaked in the top 10 on the ''RPM Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or with the notation min−1) is a unit of rotational speed or rotational frequency for rotating machines. Standards ISO 80000-3:2019 defines a unit of rotation as the dimensionl ...'' Country Tracks chart. Chart performance Year-end charts References {{Authority control 1990 songs 1992 singles The Rankin Family songs Capitol Records singles Songs written by Jimmy Rankin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fare Thee Well Love (song)
"Fare Thee Well Love" is a song recorded by Canadian music group The Rankin Family The Rankin Family (originally known as The Rankins) are a Canadian musical family group from Mabou, Nova Scotia. The group has won many Canadian music awards, including 15 East Coast Music Awards, six Juno Awards, four Society of Composers, Author .... It was released in 1992 as the second single from their second studio album, ''Fare Thee Well Love''. It peaked in the top 10 on the ''RPM (magazine), RPM'' Country Tracks and Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, and won the Juno Award for Single of the Year at the Juno Awards of 1994. Chart performance Year-end charts References {{authority control 1990 songs 1992 singles The Rankin Family songs Capitol Records singles Songs written by Jimmy Rankin Juno Award for Single of the Year singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fare Thee Well Love
''Fare Thee Well Love'' is the second studio album by Canadian folk music group The Rankin Family. The album was originally self-released by the siblings in 1990. It was re-issued by Capitol Records in 1992 and certified 5× Platinum by the CRIA. Track listing #"Orangedale Whistle" (Jimmy Rankin) – 3:29 #"An T-Each Ruadh (The Red Horse)" (Traditional) – 2:12 #"Fair and Tender Ladies" (Traditional) – 4:02 #"Fiddle Medley" ( Dan R. MacDonald, John Morris Rankin, Traditional) – 3:45 #"Fisherman's Son" (Jimmy Rankin) – 3:34 #" Tell My Ma" (Traditional) – 2:18 #"You Left a Flower" (Jimmy Rankin) – 3:27 #"Fare Thee Well Love ''Fare Thee Well Love'' is the second studio album by Canadian folk music group The Rankin Family. The album was originally self-released by the siblings in 1990. It was re-issued by Capitol Records in 1992 and certified 5× Platinum by the CRIA ..." (Jimmy Rankin) – 4:33 #" Gillis Mountain" (Raylene Rankin) – 3:07 #"Gaelic Medley" (Traditional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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