Rum Ragged are a Canadian folk music group from Newfoundland and Labrador.Lukas Wall, "How Rum Ragged is finding and preserving traditional Newfoundland songs". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, September 14, 2020. 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.Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez, and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
Originally consisting of accordionist Aaron Collis and singer/guitarist Mark Manning, the band released its self-titled debut album in 2016."Rum Ragged returns to deCoste in Pictou". SaltWire Network, July 24, 2019. 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.Heather Barrett, "Trad band Rum Ragged's good times with The Hard Times". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, February 13, 2019. Chafe and Boone were subsequently replaced by fiddler Colin Grant and multi-instrumentalist Zack Nash in early 2019. Lukas Wall, "Rum Ragged explore Newfoundland's relationship with the fishery in the song". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, September 23, 2020.
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.Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020. They have been nominated for several East Coast Music Awards, and won eleven MusicNL awards in their time as a band.
The band released their latest album, Gone Jiggin in the spring of 2024. At the 20th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2025, they won the award for Ensemble of the Year. Rum Ragged released their second and latest holiday album All The Bells and Wassails in the fall of 2025.
Discography Rum Ragged (2016) The Hard Times (2018) Rum Ragged at Christmas (2018) The Thing About Fish (2020) Gone Jiggin''' (2024)All The Bells and Wassails'' (2025)
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