January 2012

Pick any major category for the upcoming East Coast Music Association’s music awards, and you’ll find the Mabou native’s name there. Rankin is nominated for entertainer of the year; album of the year, country recording of the year, and solo recording of the year for his album “Forget About the World;” songwriter of the year […]

One of the most nominated artists in East Coast Music Award history upped his tally on Friday, when Jimmy Rankin topped the list of 2012 ECMA nods with eight. The Nova Scotia singer-songwriter and member of the Rankin Family saw his latest release Forget About the World named in the album, country recording and solo

The best and brightest musicians from Canada’s east coast were highlighted Friday as the 2012 East Coast Music Award nominees were announced. Both Fredericton-born David Myles, and Bairdsville’s Matt Andersen grabbed five nominations each, including Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year. Nova Scotia’s Jimmy Rankin leads the pack of ECMA nominations this year with eight

A sold-out one-night Valley audience can expect a down-home kitchen party time at the Cowichan Theatre later this month when the Rankin Family winds up its cross-Canada tour on Vancouver Island. And so far, Rankin family member Cookie Rankin told the News Leader Pictorial from tour stop Swift Current, Saskatchewan, the two-week tour is going

Here’s a little taste of our show, shot on the first night of our tour in Thunder Bay, ON. Enjoy! Rankin Family Filmed and edited by the very talented Ms. Rebekka Redd

Today I had the pleasure to chat with Canadian Country Music Superstar Jimmy Rankin. One of my favorite country singers and I absolutlely love his song “Followed Her Around”. Jimmy is back out on tour with his sisters Raylene, Heather and Cookie and are The Rankin Family once again!. Jimmy tells us some history on

The Rankin Family is together again doing an acoustic version of their hits. Having reworked new and time-honoured songs, like Fare Thee Well Love, siblings Raylene, Jimmy, Cookie and Heather Rankin will bring what they call a down-home kitchen party to the stage. “The impetus is to go back to the raw song and focus

A Nova Scotia family coping with a tragic car accident pulled together in an unusual way — they entered a contest to win a guitar signed by a well-known Cape Breton musician. Kelly Yeats, of East Dalhousie, said her nephew, Robin Varner, was seriously injured in a car crash four weeks ago. “His friend was

Mabou, NS – January 1, 2012 – Colleen Ingraham of Cheticamp, Nova Scotia has won an autographed Epiphone guitar from Jimmy Rankin and the prize will go to Robin Varner who was seriously injured in a car accident recently. Family members pulled together to ensure he had enough votes on Jimmy’s Facebook Fan Page to