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The Rankins
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 SOCAN Awards, three Canadian Country Music Awards and two Big Country Music Awards. Career Background The Rankins come from a family of 12 siblings, all of whom would entertain the neighbours musically every third weekend as part of a cèilidh. The first Rankin Family band formed in the 1970s when siblings Geraldine, Genevieve, David, John Morris, and Raylene Rankin began performing at local weddings and dances in Cape Breton. As the older siblings went away to college and university, the younger siblings Jimmy, Cookie and Heather took their places.Canadian Post, ''The Cape Breton Post'', "Rankins Tour Postponed as Family Grieves", pg A2, January 13, 2007 1989 - 1999 Jimmy, John Morris, Cookie, Raylene and Heather Rankin released their own independent cassettes, ... [...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] |
Society Of Composers, Authors, And Music Publishers Of Canada
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects license fees through a music licensing program approved by the Copyright Board of Canada. History SOCAN is a result of a merger that took place in 1990 between the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC) and the Performing Rights Organization of Canada (PROCAN). In 2013, Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. initiated an online musical instrument insurance program for members of various Canadian music associations, including SOCAN. In May 2016, SOCAN acquired the Seattle-based company Medianet Digital for an undisclosed amount; the organization planned to leverage the company's software and database of rights metadata to assist in the calculation and distribution of royalties for works on digital music streaming servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvvays
Alvvays (pronounced "always") is a Canadian indie pop band formed in 2011, originating from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and currently based in Toronto, Ontario. It consists of Molly Rankin (vocals and guitar), Kerri MacLellan (keyboards), Alec O'Hanley (guitars), Abbey Blackwell (bass), and Sheridan Riley (drums). Their self-titled debut album, released in 2014, topped the US college charts. Their second studio album, ''Antisocialites'', was released on September 8, 2017, and won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018. Both albums were short-listed for the Polaris Music Prize. Their third album, ''Blue Rev'', was released on October 7, 2022. History Formation and early years (2011–2015) Molly Rankin, the group's singer-songwriter, is the daughter of John Morris Rankin, a fiddler with the Celtic folk family collective the Rankin Family, who enjoyed international success in the 1990s. Rankin grew up in Judique, Nova Scotia, writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island (french: link=no, île du Cap-Breton, formerly '; gd, Ceap Breatainn or '; mic, Unamaꞌki) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The island accounts for 18.7% of Nova Scotia's total area. Although the island is physically separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the Strait of Canso, the long Canso Causeway connects it to mainland Nova Scotia. The island is east-northeast of the mainland with its northern and western coasts fronting on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with its western coast forming the eastern limits of the Northumberland Strait. The eastern and southern coasts front the Atlantic Ocean with its eastern coast also forming the western limits of the Cabot Strait. Its landmass slopes upward from south to north, culminating in the highlands of its northern cape. One of the world's larger saltwater lakes, ("Arm of Gold" in French), dominates the island's centre. The total population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tears Of Stone (album)
''Tears of Stone'' is an album by the Chieftains, released in 1999. Each track features a different female guest artist or group, with the exception of Jim Corr of the Corrs, Jimmy and John of the Rankins and longtime Bonnie Raitt bassist James Hutchinson. Guests are listed below in parentheses. Track listing #"Never Give All the Heart" – 2:50 (Anúna and Brenda Fricker) #"A Stór Mo Chroí" – 3:46 (Bonnie Raitt) #"The Lowlands of Holland" – 3:46 (Natalie Merchant) #"The Magdalene Laundries" – 4:59 (Joni Mitchell backing vocals Screaming Orphans) #"Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór" – 4:37 (The Rankin Family) #" I Know My Love" – 3:54 (The Corrs) #" Factory Girl" – 4:23 ( Sinéad O'Connor) #"Deserted Soldier" – 4:39 (Mary Chapin Carpenter) #"Ye Rambling Boys of Pleasure" – 4:33 (Loreena McKennitt) #"Sake in the Jar" – 4:28 (Akiko Yano) #" Raglan Road" – 6:19 (Joan Osborne) #" Siúil A Rún" – 4:35 (Sissel Kyrkjebø) #"The Fiddling Ladies" – 10:23 (Natalie MacMaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire In The Kitchen
''Fire in the Kitchen'' is a compilation album recorded by The Chieftains, in collaboration with an array of Canadian folk musical guests, and released in 1998. The Chieftains, who were touring Canada that year, had not originally intended to release an album, but unexpectedly ended up recording a number of informal live sessions with guest musicians. The resulting album was billed primarily as a compilation, rather than a Chieftains album ''per se'', although the Chieftains appear on all of the album's tracks. Track listing #"Madame Bonaparte/ Devil's Dream/Mason's Apron" with Leahy #"An Innis Aigh" with The Rankins #" Lukey/Lukaloney" with Great Big Sea #"My Bonnie" with Laura Smith #"My Home/The Contradiction/Julia Delaney" with Ashley MacIsaac #"Come by the Hills" with Rita MacNeil #"Fingal's Cave" with Natalie MacMaster #"A Mhairi Bhoidheach" with Mary Jane Lamond #"Rattlin' Roarin' Willie" with Barra MacNeils #"Red Is the Rose" with The Ennis Sisters #"Le Lys Vert" with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chieftains
The Chieftains are a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous with traditional Irish music. They are regarded as having helped popularise Irish music around the world. They have won six Grammy Awards during their career and they were given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Some music experts have credited The Chieftains with bringing traditional Irish music to a worldwide audience, so much so that the Irish government awarded them the honorary title of 'Ireland's Musical Ambassadors' in 1989. Name The band's name came from the book ''Death of a Chieftain'' by Irish author John Montague. Assisted early on by Garech Browne, they signed with his company Claddagh Records. They needed financial success abroad, and succeeded in this. Career Origins Paddy Moloney was a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or " contemporary hit radio" is also a radio format. Frequent variants of the Top 40 are the Top 10, Top 20, Top 30, Top 50, Top 75, Top 100 and Top 200. History According to producer Richard Fatherley, Todd Storz was the inventor of the format, at his radio station KOWH in Omaha, Nebraska. Storz invented the format in the early 1950s, using the number of times a record was played on jukeboxes to compose a weekly list for broadcast. The format was commercially successful, and Storz and his father Robert, under the name of the Storz Broadcasting Company, subsequently acquired other stations to use the new Top 40 format. In 1989, Todd Storz was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The term "Top 40", describing a radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Road Again (TV Series)
''On the Road Again'' is a Canadian television series which aired from 1987 until 2007. Wayne Rostad was the program's host for its entire run. The series consisted of interview and documentary segments from various Canadian locations. CBC cancelled the series in January 2007, citing declining ratings and the network's rethinking of regional production policies. References 1987 Canadian television series debuts 2007 Canadian television series endings CBC Television original programming 1980s Canadian documentary television series 1990s Canadian documentary television series 2000s Canadian documentary television series {{Canada-documentary-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé. With main studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, CBC Television is available throughout Canada on over-the-air television stations in urban centres, and as a must-carry station on cable and satellite television providers. CBC Television can also be live streamed on its CBC Gem video platform. Almost all of the CBC's programming is produced in Canada. Although CBC Television is supported by public funding, commercial advertising revenue supplements the network, in contrast to CBC Radio and public broadcasters from several other countries, which are commercial-free. Overview CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment and child ... [...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] |
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] |
