Rum Ragged

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]

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

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 two Canadian Folk Music Award nominations, including 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 ten MusicNL awards in their time as a band.[7]

The band is set to release their latest album, Gone Jiggin' in the fall of 2023.

Discography

Studio Albums
  • Rum Ragged (2016)
  • The Hard Times (2018)
  • Rum Ragged at Christmas (2018)
  • The Thing About Fish (2020)
  • Gone Jiggin' (2023)

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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