Reviews

Reviewed By: Sylvie Simmons https://www.mojo4music.com/

Reviewed By: Carl Bookstein Jimmy Rankin’s latest album ‘Moving East’ speaks a universal language. It is about coming home, wherever home is. A true voice in Canadian music, he has returned from Nashville to Nova Scotia. But on ‘Moving East’ Rankin captures an evocative homecoming muse that can register with anyone, including with this writer’s

Reviewed By: Sylvain Cormier Célébrée, essentielle est la famille Rankin dans le paysage folk des Maritimes (et ici : on a ressorti leur merveilleux album de Noël, comme chaque année depuis 21 ans). Être un Rankin tient du privilège et du devoir de mémoire. Pas facile de sortir de la Nouvelle-Écosse quand la famille nous

Reviewed By: Stewart Fenwick The Rankin Family were a Canadian institution back in the 90’s conjuring up a fresh Celtic approach which also crossed over into Country music and other genres. Their albums have sold over 1.5 million copies. Tragedy struck in 2000, when John Morris was killed in a road accident in Cape Breton,

Reviewed By: Mike Davies Originally co-lead singer with renowned Canadian folk outfit The Rankin Family, Jimmy Rankin went solo in 2001 and, produced by Joel Plaskett, Moving East is his seventh album, the first in four years. The comes from the fact that he recently moved back to Nova Scotia after seven years in Nashville.

Reviewed By: Patrick Dallongeville Encore peu connu sur nos rivages, Jimmy RANKIN n’en est pas moins issu d’une formation extrêmement populaire au Canada, la RANKIN FAMILY. Comme leur nom l’indique, il s’agissait d’un ensemble familial qui trusta vingt ans durant les charts et les classements nationaux dans les catégories country et folk. Originaires de la