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The Rankin Family were a Canadian folk music family group from Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. They come from a family of 12, all of whom would entertain the neighbors musically every third weekend as part of a ceilidh.
Five of the siblings began performing professionally in 1989. The Rankins released their own independent cassettes The Rankin Family (1989) and Fare Thee Well Love (1990) featuring original songs and a combination of traditional jigs, reels and Celtic folk songs. Their television debut was on the CBC variety show "On The Road Again" in 1989. Their most successful album was EMI's re-release of Fare Thee Well Love in 1992, which went quadruple platinum, selling over 500,000 copies; the title track was one of the year's biggest Top 40 hit singles in Canada.
The group has won many Canadian music awards, including 15 East Coast Music Awards, 6 Juno Awards, 4 SOCAN Awards, 3 Canadian Country Music Awards and 2 Big Country Music Awards.
On September 17, 1999, the group issued a press release stating that they would no longer perform as a gro
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The Rankin Family
Canadian music group
The Rankin Family | |
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The Rankin Family performing aboard the M/S Scotia Prince, April 18, 1990. From left to right: Jimmy Rankin, guest Natalie MacMaster | |
| Also known as | The Rankins |
| Origin | Mabou, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Genres | Celtic, country, folk |
| Years active | 1989 (1989)–present |
| Labels | Capitol, EMI, Liberty, MapleMusic |
| Members | Jimmy Rankin Heather Rankin |
| Past members | Raylene Rankin (1960–2012) John Morris Rankin (1959-2000) David Rankin Geraldine Rankin (1958–2007) Genevieve Rankin |
The Rankin Family (also 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 1
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By DEBORAH JONES
BADDECK, Nova Scotia, Canada 1993
It’s late afternoon on a hot August day, and several members of The Rankin Family band are relaxing around a sidewalk table outside a deli in Baddeck, N.S.
Raylene Rankin is biting into her sandwich when a drunk shuffles up and plunks himself down at the table.
Hello, what’s your name?” asks Raylene.
Carl,” says the drunk. Glassily, he eyes the food. The Rankins are eating a light supper before the concert they’re to give tonight for Canada’s 10 premiers plus the territorial and aboriginal leaders, who are holding a meeting in Baddeck.
Do you want some coffee?” offers Raylene, whose impish crop of dark hair belies the serious intelligence in her eyes.
No,” says Carl. “I’d like a sandwich.”
Raylene goes into the deli and comes out with a thick chicken sandwich and tea, which she hands to Carl the way she’d pass the ketchup to one of her siblings.
Thanks,” he says.
As Carl eats, the Rankins ask him if he knows anyone from Mabou, their hometown, about an hour’s drive away, and they discover a mutual acquaintance. “Watch you
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