Herohill and Music N.S. Spotlight Ruth Minnikin

Herohill and Music Nova Scotia have named Ruth Minnikin their artist of the month:

"The Haligonian song writer has been a part of some of the best (and most criminally ignored) bands to come out of the city, The Heavy Blinkers and The Guthries. If the internet and blogs existed like they do now, The Blinkers would be a household name and honestly, with today's obsession with alt-country, The Guthries are another classic case of a band being ahead of its time.

Well, the world's loss is our gain because in the years that followed both bands, Ruth has had time to pen records like Folk Art and make cameos on albums by Joel Plaskett, Gabe Minnikin, Old Man Luedecke, Kate Maki, and The Russian Futurists and now she's about to release another solo record (with the willing support of the Bandwagon) called Depend on This."

Although the cover art is on the home page of Ruth Minnikin and Her Bandwagon I cannot find a release date either there or on Herohill, but Depend on This is coming soon and I'll fire off more details when I have them.

In the Mean Time, have a listen to Ruth Minnikin & Her Bandwagon - Sun Coming up (Eric's Trip cover)


and Download a Copy (compliments of Herohill).

You should also check out (from the prematurely killed CBC show)

FUSE: Two Hours Traffic, Ruth Minnikin, Old Man Luedecke in Halifax



and SONG MILL - Ruth Minnikin - Tm


A music video shot by mcdonoughLATECOMER Pictures and Raised by Media. Tim McDonough, Joel Maillet, Jason Levangie, Darcy Fracher, Rob Fournier, and Craig Buckley 2007