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“Canadian Music. East Coast Style Spotlight” at Folk Alliance Internationa

February 4, 2017

February 4, 2017. Amanda Hather. Canada Beats.

During the lead up to the evermore exciting East Coat Music Week more and more is being announced for not only fans in the Atlantic provinces, but international fans as well. ECMA, Music/Musique NB, Music NL, Music NS, and Music PEI are putting on the Canadian Music, East Coast Style Spotlight at the 2017 Folk Alliance International Conference, being held in Kansas City, Missouri from February 15th to the 18th. They’re showcasing more than 16 artists and groups, 6 management and companies, and organization representatives.

Several local acts among 2017 ECMA nominees

January 31, 2017

January 31, 2017. 101.5 The Hawk.

A number of local artists are up for East Coast Music Awards.

The 2017 ECMA nominees were announced Tuesday.

Mabou’s Heather Rankin is up for Folk Recording of the Year for A Fine Line.

Also, the music video for her song “We Walk As One” was nominated in the Fans’ Choice Video of the Year category.

The Town Heroes (Inverness Co.) have been nominated for Group Recording of the Year for Please, Everyone; the video for their song,

Feast of fun times expected at 2017’s GroundSwell Music Festival

December 12, 2016

Halifax event set for St. Patrick’s Day weekend boasts stellar lineup of Rawlins Cross, Heather Rankin, the Stanfields and Ria Mae.

December 12, 2016. Stephen Cooke. Local XPress.

Halifax’s annual celebration of East Coast music and hospitality, the GroundSwell Music Festival, returns in 2017 for another year of merry music and tasty treats over St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

The three-day event includes a trio of concerts with top-flight Atlantic Canadian entertainers, starting on Thursday, March 16,

Heather Rankin joins I’m Not What I Seem: A Conversation on Rita MacNeil and East Coast Music

November 25, 2016

I’m Not What I Seem: A Conversation on Rita MacNeil and East Coast Music
with Charlie Rhindress, Heather Rankin, and Bill Roach.

Rita MacNeil has long been recognized as a trailblazer in Canadian music. As the first East Coast artist to achieve mainstream success and continue calling Cape Breton, Nova Scotia her home, she paved the way for future generations of Maritime musicians. Join Charlie Rhindress, author of a new biography of Rita MacNeil, in conversation with Heather Rankin and CBC Weekend Morning host Bill Roach as they reflect on how this strong,

Small Things brings laughter and other gifts to Guysborough

November 25, 2016

Guysborough Journal

By Lois Ann Dort

Last week the Mulgrave Road Theatre brought their latest show, Small Things by Daniel MacIvor, home to the Chedabucto Place Performance Centre in Guysborough. Local audiences were not disappointed.

Small Things, a story that focuses on three women from as many generations living in a small town, is a throw-your-head-back in laughter comedy but it also has a serious side. MacIvor’s work, which has been staged by the MRT previously, has a way of making you think after the performance,

Acclaimed Songwriter Heather Rankin Courageously Steps Out with Songs like ‘Titanically’ & ‘We Walk As One’ on Solo Record, ‘A Fine Line’

November 9, 2016

“Take me to the waters deep” — Haunting image from beautiful ‘Titanically’ video

When I recently re-encountered my songwriter/musician/producer friend David Tyson, his Bosendorfer piano, which he gratefully received as a lifetime gift 30 years ago, was still the centerpiece of his living space overlooking the Pacific.

Tyson, who formerly co-wrote and produced singer Alannah Myles’ debut record that earned her a Grammy award, “loves the sound’ of his fine instrument, although he calls its huge sound “very daunting.” He admits that like any dedicated musician,

Good Things come in Small Packages in Small Things

November 1, 2016

Local Xpress

Daniel MacIvor’s comedy Small Things stars a dynamic trio of Maritime women playing women at crossroads in their lives, forced to connect in a comic combustion.

51 Nov 1, 2016 9:42 AM by: Elissa Barnard

Daniel MacIvor’s new play Small Things is a quiet comedy that runs deep.

The masterful award-winning Nova Scotia playwright examines mortality and human connection as three disparate women interact, each woman at a crossroads in her life.

Small Things help women connect in Atlantic premiere of MacIvor play

October 26, 2016

Local XPress

Heather Rankin, Jenny Munday and Stephanie MacDonald star in the comedy about three women in rural Nova Scotia trying to find common ground in the Mulgrave Road Theatre production opening Thursday on Neptune Theatre’s Scotiabank Stage.

164 Oct 26, 2016 4:34 PM by: Andrea Nemetz

Daniel MacIvor has a talent for getting inside people’s heads, says Heather Rankin.

The singer-songwriter and actor starred in the Nova Scotia playwright’s Bingo!

Happy Ha Ha Holidaze announces special guests

October 25, 2016

GLACE BAY — The Happy Ha Ha Holidaze cast members are busy preparing their unique brand of Christmas craziness, music and comedy.

Last year, audiences were treated to a parade of surprise special guests, including MP Rodger Cuzner, radio host Dave Wilson and even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who appeared as one of the video characters on the big screen. Show producer Stephen Muise says people were in shock when the Prime Minister appeared on screen and addressed the audience.

“We actually had to slightly edit the video for the second show,

Heather Rankin on Weekend Wrap Up on QCCR Radio 99.3 FM

July 23, 2016

Heather speaks on QCCR Radio 99.3 FM out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia about headlining at Harmony Bazaar in Lockeport, Nova Scotia, and she and guitarist Jamie Robinson perform her song “We Walk As One.” You can listen here!

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