The Rankin Family took home two East Coast Music Association Awards on February 10^th, 2008, at the ECMA Awards Ceremony in Fredericton, New Brunswick.  

Both The Rankin Family's 'Reunion' CD and 'Backstage Pass' DVD were nominated for an ECMA. Reunion, recorded by George Massenburg in Nashville, Tennessee, took home the ECMA's 'Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year'. Released in January 2007, 'Reunion' marked both a return to classic folk, roots, and traditional form and an important return to the Canada’s national music scene. The album was promoted by the family on an extensive national tour in 2007. 

Backstage Pass, The Rankin’s first and only live concert DVD, features a performance filmed at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, BC, and is interspersed with short candid interviews with Rankin family members. 

Released in December 2006, The DVD took home the ECMA's award for 'DVD of the Year'. 

We'd like to thank the ECMA for recognizing The Rankin Family's latest efforts. 

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The East Coast Music Association is a regional collaboration of people in the music industry of Atlantic Canada. ECMA fosters, develops, promotes and celebrates its music locally and globally.  

For more info on the ECMAs please visit their website.