Rum Ragged

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Rum Ragged
OriginSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
GenresFolk music
Years active2014 - present
Websitehttp://www.rumragged.com/
Members
  • Aaron Collis
  • Mark Manning
  • Colin Grant
  • Zack Nash
Past members
  • Anthony Chafe
  • Michael Boone

Rum Ragged are a Canadian folk music group from Newfoundland and Labrador.[1] They are most noted for their 2020 album The Thing About Fish, which was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.[2]

Originally consisting of accordionist Aaron Collis and singer/guitarist Mark Manning, the band released its self-titled debut album in 2016.[3] They followed up with the album The Hard Times and a holiday-themed album titled Rum Ragged at Christmas in 2018, with new supporting members Anthony Chafe on bodhran and Michael Boone on bass and banjo.[4] Chafe and Boone were subsequently replaced by fiddler Colin Grant and multi-instrumentalist Zack Nash in early 2019.[5]

In addition to their Juno Award nomination, the band received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards.[6] They have been nominated for several East Coast Music Awards, and won three MusicNL awards in February 2021.[7]

Discography[]

Studio Albums[]

  • Rum Ragged (2016)
  • The Hard Times (2018)
  • Rum Ragged at Christmas (2018)
  • The Thing About Fish (2020)

References[]

  1. ^ Lukas Wall, "How Rum Ragged is finding and preserving traditional Newfoundland songs". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, September 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez, and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Rum Ragged returns to deCoste in Pictou". SaltWire Network, July 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Heather Barrett, "Trad band Rum Ragged's good times with The Hard Times". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, February 13, 2019.
  5. ^ Lukas Wall, "Rum Ragged explore Newfoundland's relationship with the fishery in the song". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, September 23, 2020.
  6. ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
  7. ^ "Rum Ragged win three Music Newfoundland and Labrador Awards". The Telegram, February 7, 2021.

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