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Instrumentation
Ruth Minnikin - vocals, guitars, keys, bass
Gabriel Minnikin - vocals, guitars, keys, mandolin
Craig Buckley - vocals, bass, percussion
Brian Murray - banjo, drums
Anna Plaskett - french horn
Dave Christensen - flute, bass clarinet
Biography
Ruth is recording her new album ' Depend on This' for release in Feb 2009!!
Ruth nominated for 'Best Folk Album' and 'Best Female Album' at the 2007 Nova Scotia Music Awards
Ruth showcased at the 2007 international conferences NXNE, SXSW, CMW and ECMA
"Canadian country gal Ruth Minnikin just gets better and better. Beautifully presented in a stamped canvas sleeve, third LP Folk Art (4 stars) finds her shifting further from the sweet country-folk of earlier work into the darker recesses of rural American tradition. A bony set of tunes veering from freakshow carnival nightmares ("Bad Dreams Pt.1") through N'awlins jazz ("Chicken Cooped Up In Country Music") to spare parlour folk ("Song Mill"). See www.ruthminnikin.ca for details."
Uncut, May 2007, Rob Hughes
"Ruth Minnikin signed with EMI as part of The Booming Airplanes at the age of 17. Ten years and several albums with Nova Scotian Alternative Country band The Guthries later, she issues her third solo record, Folk Art, in a small cloth bag with stenciled artwork, accompanied by a handwritten track sheet. Recorded and mixed in three days, even fans of lo-fi singer songwriters like Jolie Holland or Freakwater might find Folk Art a little minimal, but Minnikin's cracked vocal skips over perfectly miniaturized songs featuring mandolin, banjo and French horn. Find Folk Art at www.ruthminnikin.ca. There's a hootenanny in the dolls' house."
London Sunday Times, Stewart Lee, Feb. 2007
"Play her when you have company and absolutely everyone will ask you who the singer is. Some will say she sounds like a female Leonard Cohen."
Monday Magazine, BC
"Ruth Minnikin has a voice that would harmonize happily with the McGarrigle sisters and writes songs of stark but simple emotion that are evocative of Natalie Merchant or Gillian Welch at their respective best." Maverick Magazine, UK
When Ruth's first band, the Booming Airplanes signed with EMI she was just 17 years old. Now ten years later, she is a musician, visual artist and businesswoman with an impressive roster of national and international tours both as a member of such bands as The Guthries, The Heavy Blinkers, and as a solo artist. Her voice can be consistently enjoyed on radio stations in Canada, the US, Germany, France, Belgium, Japan and The Netherlands.
'Folk Art' is an album that follows Ruth's recording and releasing tradition. The live recording took 2 days, the mixing just 1 day (with engineer and fellow Heavy Blinker, Andrew Watt)
Some of the big-wigs Ruth has been lucky enough to share a stage or CD with are: Beth Orton (UK), David Byrne (UK), Gold Rush and KTB (UK), Orwell (France), The Handsome Family (US), Calexico (US), Kris Kristofferson (US), Joel Plaskett (CAN), The Super Friendz (CAN), Mike O'Neill (CAN), Wax Mannequin (CAN), Buck 65 (CAN) and Blue Rodeo (CAN).
A testament to the high demand for Ruth's unique voice has found her on upwards of 40 recordings.
'Folk Art' (Ruth's newest solo recording) features:
Ruth Minnikin (Reels, The Guthries, The Heavy Blinkers), vocals, guitars, keys
Gabriel Minnikin (The Guthries), vocals, guitars, mandolin, keys
Dave Christensen (The Heavy Blinkers), group vocals, bass clarinet, flute
Brian Murray (The Guthries), group vocals, banjo, percussion
Anna Plaskett, group vocals, French horn
Contact Ruth at ruth.minnikin@ns.sympatico.ca, www.ruthminnikin.ca
Listen at www.newmusiccanada.ca
new mysapce - www.myspace.com/ruthminnikin
Discography
1996 Booming Airplanes, Yarn (singer/songwriter)
1998 The Heavy Blinkers, Hooray For everything (singer)
2000 The Heavy Blinkers, The Heavy Blinkers (singer)
2000 The Guthries, Off Windmill (singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist)
2001 Joel Plaskett, Down at the Khyber (guest singer)
2001 Hopeful Monster, Hopeful Monster (guest singer)
2001 The Heavy Blinkers, Better Weather (singer)
2002 The Havenots (UK), EP (guest singer, accordion, mandolin)
2002 Paul Bellini, Disco album (guest singer)
2002 The Guthries, Self Titled (singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist)
2003 Ruth Minnikin, solo EP (singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist)
2003 Heavy Blinkers, Papa Nez, Tribute to Michael Nesmith (international release)
2003 Heavy Blinkers, Split single with Orwell (France)
2004 The Heavy Blinkers, The Night And I Are Still So Young (singer)
2004 Gabriel Minnikin (UK), Hard Feelings (guest singer, accordion, mandolin)
2004 Jason Haywood, Nothing Stays the Same (guest singer, accordion)
2004 Reels, EP (guest singer)
2004 The Hurtin' Unit (accordion)
2004 Ruth Minnikin, Marooned and Blue (singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist)
2005 Dale Murray, Brighter Lives, Darker Side (guest singer/songwriter)
2005 Kate Maki, The Sun Will Find Us (guest singer, accordion)
2005 Soundtrack to film, The Life and Times of Guy Terrifico (guest singer)
2005 KTB (UK), Bluebird (guest singer)
2005 James Lyons Compilation (UK), (guest singer/songwriter)
2005 Mid-Winter Night's Dream (singer/songwriter)
2005 Jonathan Andrews, Halifax Indie Rock (guest singer)
2005 Norma Macdonald (guest singer, accordion)
2005 Old Man Luedecke, Hinderland (guest singer)
2005 Mid-Autumn Night's Dream (singer songwriter)
2006 The Hylozoists, la fin du monde (guest singer)
2006 The Divorcees (guest singer)
2006 Ruth Minnikin, Folk Art (singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist)
2006 Johnny Stevens (guest singer, accordion)
2007 Orwell (France) (guest singer)
2007 Gabriel Minnikin (UK) (guest singer, keys)
2007 Reels, Autumn Country (bass player, singer, keys, percussion)
2007 Tribute Album to The Inbreds, contributed song
2007 Adam Puddington (organ, accordion, singer)
2008 Tribute Album to Thrush Hermit, contributed song
2008 The Russian Futurists (Toronto) (guest singer)
solo albums
2008 Ruth Minnikin and her Bandwagon, to be released in Sept.
2006 Ruth Minnikin, Folk Art
2004 Ruth Minnikin, Marooned and Blue
2003 Ruth Minnikin, EP
Stream my music from www.newmusiccanada.ca
Links
http://www.myspace.com/ruthminnikin
EPK
www.sonicbids.com/ruthminnikin
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