North Country - The Rankin Family

[@riogorgos]

I love this song. Such an air of innocence.

[@SkyandMoon909]

Dad and me, vacationing in a trailer by a beach in Florida, 1995. These tunes always bring him, and those memories, back to me.

[@violagreene4643]

Not Canadian, but love the Rankins. The sisters have the voices of angels. Their version of Never Alone got me through losing my mom. RIP John Morris and Raylene. All my love and best wishes to Jimmy, Cookie, Heather, and all their family. Thank you.

[@johannahowardpurdy1340]

Rise Again was a great comfort to me when my mom died.

[@GeneralJordan-os9wm]

I am coming back in the north country with a cold wind in my eye! I love the Rankins Family

[@jaredlandry7661]

90's baby here.. my dad played this and it took me 15 years to find it!

[@jacobmacdonald3587]

Memories of my childhood. My Mom would always play the Rankins. Reminds me of home in Nova Scotia and summers at the Cottage in Lismore. It always amazes me the power of music to bring back memories. So Nostalgic. I'm living on the West Coast now but picture the beautiful coastlines of Cape Breton in the summer, its heaven on earth.

[@cricketj7399]

Same with me, my mom introduced them to me. I also seen them live with my mom and sister.

[@anthonynapier2887]

Yeah they drove you all nuts with envy to run you out so they can sell drugs and traffick your children. It's why your economy is gone. Hope you had a nice life on the west coast!

[@tennarrank]

Remember that they played this song on the radio here in norway in the mid 90,s. Love it!

[@thejkyle]

Norway? That’s awesome. I’m from Cape Breton so it’s neat to know the reach of the Rankin Family!

[@TheLockLizard]

This is litterally the band of my childhood, and I completely forgot about them until today. Man am I gonna be going down a long road of reminisce.

[@HappyIsAGoodThing]

Every time I hear a Rankin song it's like i'm a little kid again. Love it.

[@le__graveuronyoutube]

It takes me back to my pre teen and teenage years (circa 1990-1994)

[@jonathanbernhardsen4478]

This is one of my absolute favourite Canadian songs period!!!

[@yu244720]

Being from New Brunswick myself, we are all proud to be maritimers! The magic this group produced with their music captured the hearts of all Canadians. I am grieving along with every other Canadian over the death of Raylene. RIP Raylene. We love you.

[@davidcooper960]

This was the first Rankin song I heard and it hooked me on their music forever. I'm sorry I never got to see them perform live. Their music is so uplifting, it could bring me out of the darkest funks. Still sounds as good today as it did in 1993.

[@cricketj7399]

I saw them live. They were great. Maybe you will see them too some day.

[@heathermackinnon9527]

The Rankins remain the pride of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and our entire fair land of Canada.

[@tasselhoff1293]

Fuckin eh brother!

[@visqurin]

This makes me proud to be from Cape breton

[@jaredlandry7661]

My dad use to play this (had the cassette).. looked far and wide to try and remember this tune i had in my head for 15 years.. and i found it! Love from ontario!

[@eddytschetter4153]

Thanks for info bro...I wasn't sure of they're origin....I absolutely love they're tunes...totally awesome 💖💖.

[@JoJoGranum]

Love the Rankin Family. I’m from Toronto Canada and listened to them in my 20s.

[@thistime1483]

I'm so glad my mother used to play this. I grew to appreciate it as one of the best Canadian songs ever.

[@Tinorr28]

I was raised on the Rankin Family and I only just rediscovered them... I was too young to remember who they were. It was the warmest feeling finding their music again.

[@tpeterhern5480]

Cookie always makes me smile ...what a voice & such happy enthusiasm !

[@tasselhoff1293]

Oh man..her voice actually brings a tear to my eye. Its so beautiful!

[@stylianosorphanoudakes56]

I`ve already bought that disc five months ago and when I play it, it always travels me to the east canadian shore of Nova Scotia and especially Cape Breton and it`s beautiful landscapes. Greetings from Salonica, Greece my friends. 😉

[@AnitaGrace]

Love the Rankin Family. My dad introduced me to their music while we drove from Vancouver BC to Pemberton BC, Canada. Lots of fun memories!

[@stephenm3874]

Absolutely awesome. Love you Rankin family. May your songs live forever.

[@forgotaboutbre]

I almost can not stand to listen to this. It's opening doorways in my soul that shut decades ago. It's beautiful.

[@thomaslai1381]

For me, road trips to Saskatchewan to visit grandparents

[@jordanneal576]

The nostalgia is real. My mom used to listen to this album all the time when I was kid. It's pretty solid.

[@gcorriveau6864]

I used to have this CD on constant rotation in my car... It is still a GREAT / classic road-travelling album! Thanks, Rankins.

[@bigdaddyricc]

I learned of the Rankin Family many years ago when visiting my sister and her husband in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia. I fell in love with the music of the Rankin's and have enjoyed their music ever since. I still have a written letter from their Mom from 1995 when I had written to them. RIP John Morris and I wish nothing but the best for the remaining family! Cheers!

[@shaneupham2097]

I was a kid only 12 traveling with my family through Nova Scotia Cape on the radio was non stop Rankin kinda nostalgia

[@pattigracewillman4932]

My Favorite Group, the best voices, the best harmony ever!!!!

[@pak47man]

I agree 100%.

[@NOUNZYKRANZA]

a true gem RIP Raylene & John Morris

[@jessicawebber797]

rip

[@dawsonedwards6585]

What happened to the family?

[@niall_sanderson]

@@dawsonedwards6585 John Morris died in a car accident in 2000 or 2001, and Raylene Rankin died of breast cancer in 2012.

[@emilywhittle2146]

when I was little my parents had the cassettes they had put out. I remember many a long drive listening to this.

[@eddytschetter4153]

The first time I heard this song when I was 15yrs...I thought it was most beautiful song ever....also Gillis mountain...both favorite rd tunes 💪✌

[@phasmatis]

I've been trying to remember the name and artist of this particular song FOREVER. So happy I finally found it or I might have gone crazy lol.

[@amidnightpulse]

Parents had this on cassette, makes me remember those long drives :) miss those days...

[@Vanaathiel]

Same, we'd put this on for the drives between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Made the time fly by :)

[@raystlouis]

I'm staying in the North Country!!! 💖 Cheers to you all.

[@johnbarron8535]

I think this my favorite Rankin Family song.

[@kendallthiede373]

This was my childhood ❤

[@caseywillis5343]

This song was played regularly on the local AM radio station in Fort St John , B.C 1993 - 1994 .

[@artamm777]

Such wonderful voices

[@Margann1987]

Listening to their music always makes me think of my dad who was, himself, a proud Cape Breton b'y. He was a musician, too. I'm sure he may be having some jam sessions up in Heaven with John Morris and Raylene.

[@Hockeyfan9884]

2022, hope all is well

[@groingoblin]

This makes me proud to be Canadian period. My favorite bands are Pantera, Devildriver, Children of Bodom, Lamb of God, Machine Head, Arch Enemy etc., and this gives me goosebumps like you wouldn't believe. Good music is good music and The Rankins deliver in spades.

[@onehunglow2006]

sitting here at 1:30 am in the USA tearing up ...how I miss home so much ...God Canada is so different ...can't wait to move back .And the first thing im gonna do is head to Cap Breton for a huge ass lobster in Cheticamp

[@angelgirl7473]

yummm Lobster

[@angelgirl7473]

I LOVE THIS TUNE!!!

[@heathermackinnon9527]

I went to Sobey's in Sydney River & fresh (cooked) lobster are on sale for only $7.99/lb! :-)

[@onehunglow2006]

damn ..lobster here is 16.99$ a pound

[@angelgirl7473]

Heather MacKinnon YUM!!

[@carmenwheeldon5786]

just saw and met heather rankin at the dekker center in North battleoford she was awesome did this song too lots of good memories

[@chriscorcoran4839]

Our children loved this album when they were little...

[@TioClotildo]

man this feels your ears in harmony, dont it?

[@chuckbauer1359]

I still listen to them I use to go to the docs and watch them play

[@pspboy7]

When I think of Canadian music, it's the Rankins...

[@jamiel2652]

Bryan Adam's in my opinion.

[@amandabowoade6623]

Great Big Sea?

[@faithfulpatriot5590]

Stompin' Tom, Stan Rogers, and Gordon Lightfoot, too.

[@elisabethdorig1912]

Its beautiful

[@QuasarDiamond]

Meeting all the Rankins backstage was great including the youngest one that plays violin.

[@PXWest]

I believe her name is Molly Rankin. She played fiddle with the family but now she has a band of her own called Alvvays. Totally different style but amazing in its own right!

[@cricketj7399]

I love this song. I live in the north, and it is so close to my home. Lots of snow.

[@nancypulham9493]

Listening to this song again April 24 2020 (Pandemic year) To me this song is EVERYTHING Canadian ❤

[@ronc2010]

A top song from the Rankin Family. One of my all-time favourite!

[@Caitlin1928]

My parents got me this album after their vacation to Canada. I think they were looking for Canadian country artists that were not well known in America. This is also the first time I was introduced to the Gaelic language and for a while I actually didn't know for sure what the name of the other language was.

[@zoeycasa6497]

Diana ...hope your ok . This is your song God bless you...

[@koreymillar2474]

Love the Rankins! RIP John M and Raylene. An awesome family!!!!!

[@elisabethdorig1912]

Its so sad, this happened to me❤

[@cuddlylittlelamby]

Rest in peace Raylene, you will be missed by many in Nova Scotia.

[@adrienneseabrook8338]

I’m from Ontario but love Cape Breton and the Rankins, I’m getting married there to R. MacLeod he grew up inWreck Cove.Eventually I want to open a bed and breakfast on the Cabet Trail that’s my dream

[@angelgirl7473]

makes ya feel proud to be a Maritimer!!

[@elisabethdorig1912]

I love it, reminds me of my parents cottage ❤

[@MRSCARCULTURE]

100% back you up brother!!! This comment made me smile man. Cheers!!!!!!

[@All0fTheAbove]

I listened to this CD with my parents when I was single digits... Makes me wish I was that old again...

[@dpluckydog]

Always makes me miss Cape Breton. I think I'll head that way.

[@anguslynch4240]

My Father Gerard use to tell me stories of when he lived with the Rankins. His Mom Catherine Rankin was related. John Archie and Angus Gillis whom I'm named after. I'm a musician as well after years of playing everybody else's Music now I only play original songs about Jesus.

[@hammerfell]

Thanks for uploading!

[@bradleyriggs260]

I just went back in my life 15 or better years ago

[@eddytschetter4153]

Gillis mountain and north country are locked in play lists 💪✌

[@CalvinPBerast]

I'd been in another dimension once. Good times.

[@cvet12]

man they can sing

[@jenvarley]

I love the Rankin Family!!

[@Ross175]

I wish these cd's were cheaper, everywhere that has it em there like 30 bucks, and theres no way I'd download music I respect, so I guess it's youtube for now, therefore thanks for the upload

[@Hayy24]

@All0fTheAbove Same here my parents played this cd all the time when i was little. When hear there music i wish i was little can.

[@emilyhancock3456]

reminds me of my childhood :)

[@LetsMagnet]

I'm the exact same, came searching for the memories.

[@8eight104]

Upload the full album. This was my childhood.

[@chaosforged7600]

I wish I could get this album on iTunes or anywhere on digital! It seems to be MIA...Also I would love to find the original music video for this, its so beautiful...I have lived in the USA for 20 years now, and its home, but damn, this makes me miss the good old north.

[@Avocado7765]

A lot of good country musicians came from Nova Scotia. The Rankin Family, Hank Snow, Wilf Carter, and Stompin Tom from PEI

[@Besna69]

Makes be to be a proud Canadian.

[@pittielynn]

RIP, Raylene

[@luke88martin]

I'm a proud son of a daughter of a Cape Breton Steelworkers daughter :)

[@Pakadeva]

Always lovely:)

[@kennynyc15153]

i likes :) subscribed!

[@cricketj7399]

They certainly explain life in the north country.

[@MrScoop70]

Perfection!

[@lamorathefallen]

The Rankins make me damn proud to be Nova Scotian.

[@Detano2]

@jessietucker123 i agree, i loved this song and record, i used to hide my mom's copy of the tape, then play it in bed to help me sleep, i was 6 at the time, that was 10 years ago

[@davedrolett6890]

My roots are from the North Country

[@tommyw8576]

+dave Drolett My own roots are on Prince Edward Island where I have hundreds of cousins in Western Prince County.

[@CrosbysCanadianGirl]

proud to be from the north :) .....northern ontario represent!

[@josefdomitrovits1032]

"Searching" hand on forehead .. (Like binoculars but only one hand.) Arrrghh i see polar bears

[@anthonynapier2887]

If East Germany had the Rankins we wouldn't have to have this inbred slapfest.

[@Vanaathiel]

This music makes me miss Nova Scotia :(

[@ivanboyko1]

Rest in peace... iGor

[@elisabethdorig1912]

I'm going actually to move my parents, this song is so beautiful and is what I'm feeling ❤❤

[@danisari123]

Miss home

[@riscr2276]

Is this like the Canadian Fleetwood Mac?

[@joemetcalfe1814]

its a shame this isn't on spotify and its costs £60 to down the audio CD on amazon

[@ILessyI]

It's on Spotify now I got all the albums lol

[@thejkyle]

Cape Bretons finest

[@aprillear4537]

she sounds just like Alison krarse

[@cunliffest]

A bit! Guess that’s why I love both

[@Misterdandamanify]

Isn't this driving and singing music..

[@ShadowHeartsFlight07]

@All0fTheAbove tell me ma XD

[@hollyspence3505]

Hi