Jimmy Rankin's Kitchen Party with Hauler and Breagh Isabel

Jimmy Rankin's

Kitchen Party

Songwriters' Edition

with special guests Hauler and Breagh Isabel

 

On April 22, we're welcoming an East Coast music legend back to our stage. Join us for an evening of live tunes, friends, and good cheer the Nova Scotian way at Jimmy Rankin's Kitchen Party, featuring special guests Hauler and Breagh Isabel!

 

JIMMY RANKIN

Now this is big news. One of the true originals in Canadian music has moved from Nashville to Nova Scotia, and is celebrating with music only he could make. Jimmy Rankin's new Moving East is pure East Coast, a homecoming album featuring true stories, tall tales and bittersweet ballads, and the classic folk-rock sound that Rankin helped pioneer.

Just at a time when people are searching out authentic cultural voices, strong stories and well-crafted songs, Rankin has made an unapologetically East Coast folk-rock record, with a raw, unsentimental and current edge. “I’m putting the party back in the kitchen,” quips Rankin.

It's called Moving East because that's exactly what Jimmy's done. He's moved back to Nova Scotia after seven years living and working in Nashville. Hooking up with fellow Nova Scotian Joel Plaskett as producer, he's made an album appealing to young and old alike, with songs running the gamut from gritty pub tunes to soulful ballads all featuring great storytelling, and fine songwriting.

One of the most famed Canadian songwriters, Jimmy Rankin wrote such classic Rankin hits as "North Country", "You Feel The Same Way Too", and the Juno winning single "Fare The Well Love", voted the #1 East Coast song of all time by CBC listeners across Canada. His own hits include "Followed Her Around", "Morning Bound Train", and "Cool Car". Jimmy’s the guy who wrote "Mull River Shuffle", a Cape Breton anthem with an all-ages cult following, jamming dance floors and mosh pits at parties, weddings and raves as the last big song of the night.

Says Rankin, “With Moving East, I was trying to distill the fabric of Maritime culture into a musical collection replete with life’s highs and lows, and breathe life into stories that capture a feeling, a moment in time, live off the floor and organic.”  It’s an album full of classic Cape Breton storytelling, unashamedly celebrating his moving back, and making the music he loves. Now that’s a homecoming.

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HAULER

Seamlessly blending and bending roots, rock, and traditional Cape Breton Celtic music together into a hearty homemade soup that can dynamically have you hanging off every lyric - or knock you flat on your arse - Cape Breton’s contemporary Celtic trio Hauler has been simmering on the stove and are now ready to serve themselves up with the release of their upcoming debut album.

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BREAGH ISABEL

Breagh Isabel is a Canadian songwriter, producer, and recording artist. Born and raised on Cape Breton Island, she grew up in a musical family and trained as a jazz pianist. As a songwriter and producer, Breagh has a growing list of cuts including singles by Jocelyn Alice, BANNERS, and Donovan Woods. Her studio work ranges from singer-songwriter to pop. Most recently, her foray into composing and producing for film and television landed her a featured track on CW’s Batwoman and Grey’s Anatomy.

A talented performer in her own right, Breagh’s voice has been likened to “strong medicine." Her signature smoky delivery quietly features on the records of some of Canada’s most treasured artists — most recently Classified’s Billboard top 40 hit “Good News”. Breagh’s years spent working behind the scenes have inspired an artist project of her own. Her forthcoming debut single, “Girlfriends," was released in June 2021 with an EP to follow.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 22

7:00 PM DOORS | 8:00 PM SHOW

TICKETS $40 ADVANCE