Wake Up to Music Monday

Cape Breton Island is known for its rich culture and its deep roots in music, so every Monday I will feature videos showcasing Cape Breton Island's finest musicians from Fiddlers to Songwriters, to the Gaelic Song and the Rock n Roll!  

John Morris Rankin (April 28, 1959 - January 16, 2000)

John Morris Rankin, Canadian musician was a master fiddler and pianist who, as leader of the Rankins, a musical group made up of members of his family helped revive interest in North American Celtic music and culture; a child prodigy who was featured in the 1973 documentary film The Vanishing Cape Breton Fiddler, he went on to achieve stardom with the tradition-oriented Rankins, who sold two million albums and won five Juno Awards! (https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Morris-Rankin)

John Morris Rankin