July 2, 2025

-by Beverley Phillips

Picture this
It’s 50 years ago 
on a small country farm
Johnny McMasters place
And it’s Friday night

    If you are from Cape Breton, or have spent much time here, you might have read that with a particular cadence, recited the next line, and possibly thought about getting up to dance, or had a memory of doing so.
    Those words, of course, belong to “The Mull River Shuffle” by the Rankin Family, a Cape Breton standard. Their music is ingrained in those who grew up l…

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