That includes Rum Ragged, Jimmy Rankin, The Excessive Kings, and Shanneyganock
All Picture Credit score: Tara Thompson
Iceberg Alley Efficiency Tent evening three was one to recollect.
Beginning off the evening was Newfoundland’s personal Rum Ragged. Since 2014, Rum Ragged has been gracing the stage enjoying a wide range of folks music, going from a duo consisting of accordionist Aaron Collis and singer/guitarist Mark Manning to the addition of different proficient musicians, solidifying their sound. The band turned entire when fiddler Colin Grant and multi-instrumentalist Zack Nash joined the line-up as we all know it in early 2019.
Rum Ragged discovered success with their 2020 album, The Factor About Fish, which earned them a Juno nomination in 2021. Their most up-to-date album, Gone Jiggin’, launched within the spring of 2024, earned them the title of Ensemble of the Yr on the twentieth Canadian Folks Music Awards.
Jimmy Rankin was subsequent to take the stage. Jimmy Rankin is a Canadian nation and folks artist. Rising up in a musical household, it was inevitable that Rankin would change into a musician. As part of The Rankin Household, he went on to attain worldwide success within the 90s earlier than embarking on his solo profession within the early 2000s.
Rankin launched singles reminiscent of ‘Adopted Her Round’, ‘Midnight Angel’, and ‘Wasted’, which solidified his place in Canadian music as a solo artist. ‘Adopted Her Round’ earned the title of Single of the Yr on the SOCAN awards in 2002. He additionally earned Album of the Yr for his debut album, Tune Canine, on the East Coast Music Awards throughout the identical yr. Rankin went on to launch tracks reminiscent of ‘Morning Sure Practice’, ‘Slipping Away’, and ‘Right here in My Coronary heart’. Together with a few of these tracks, Rankin additionally carried out tracks from The Rankin Household, together with ‘Orangedale Whistle’, ‘Movin’ On’, and ‘You Really feel The Similar Method Too’. The followers weren’t upset.
Subsequent up have been The Excessive Kings, an Irish folks group from Dublin, Eire. The band’s sound varies, together with conventional Irish songs and a few authentic tunes. They’ve toured Eire, the USA and numerous locations in Europe.
Since 2008, the band has launched 5 studio albums, 4 stay albums, and a biggest hits album. In accordance with their web site, “The Excessive Kings play 13 devices between them, creating the distinctive sound and ambiance that they nonetheless showcase to at the present time”. Though the band had launched quite a few albums up to now, 2023’s launch of The Street Not Taken marked their first album consisting of all authentic music. This album additionally contained ‘Streets of Kinsale’, a collaboration with Journey’s frontman Steve Perry. The band match proper in with the theme of the evening. I’m certain this won’t be their final present on the Rock!
Shannyganuck completed off the night in model. Since 1996, Shanneyganuck has been charming audiences round Newfoundland, Canada, the USA, and Europe, simply to call a couple of. They’re recognized for his or her folks music, with tracks that purpose at retaining conventional music alive for all generations. With a powerful discography of fifteen album releases, their achievements have been acknowledged with a number of awards, together with East Coast Music Awards, Music NL Awards, and the 2021 ECMA Dr. Helen Creighton Lifetime Achievement Award.
Iceberg Alley marks one of many first festivals for the reason that passing of one in every of Shanneyganock’s founding members, Mark Hiscock. In accordance with the band’s bio, Hiscock was “referred to as one in every of Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier button accordion gamers”. He had additionally established a good solo profession with a number of releases, in addition to being part of different recordings throughout the years. In the course of the starting of their set, the band performed a video tribute, together with having numerous visitor performers assist sing the songs which Hiscock performed a number one function. Many well-known Newfoundland abilities, together with The Ennis Sisters, Jim Payne, Fergus O’Byrne, Bob Hallett, Mark Manning, Mike Lynch, and Damhnait Doyle, helped to make the evening a memorable one.
Shanneyganuck performed a few of Newfoundland’s favorite tunes, these which are certain to be heard round a campfire sing-a-long, an excellent ol’ kitchen social gathering, or at many native institutions. These fan-favourites included: ‘The Islander’, ‘Squid-Jiggin’ Floor’, ‘Gray Foggy Day’, ‘I Had a Hat’, and ‘Heave Away’, simply to call a couple of. The evening ended with an emotional efficiency of a canopy of Simani’s ‘Music and Associates’, the place the stage was filled with visitor performers because the Iceberg Alley choir sang their hearts out.
Nothing beats an excellent ol’ conventional Newfoundland (and buddies) evening. Keep tuned to see what evening 4 brings.