(Taken from Wikipedia)Rawlins Cross is a Canadian Celtic band. With members from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Ontario, the band took its name from an intersection in St. John's, Newfoundland.
Rawlins Cross was formed in St. John's in the late 1980s by songwriting brothers Dave Panting (guitar and mandolin) and Geoff Panting (keyboards and accordion) and Ian McKinnon (highland pipes and tin whistle).
The band burst onto the East Coast recording scene in late '89 with its first indie recording, A Turn of the Wheel and a video for the single "Colleen." Just weeks after its release, "Colleen" scored a top ten radio slot on Toronto's influential CFNY station.
In 1992, the band released Crossing The Border, which further developed the fusion of highland bagpipes, mandolin and accordion with a rocking rhythm section. A year later the band recorded Reel 'n' Roll, which would be its best-selling album and launch a national radio hit with the title track. At this time, PEI singer Joey Kitson joined the band.
Rawlins Cross released Living River in 1995, which garnered two Juno Award nominations. The band toured Canada three times that year and signed a licencing deal for its music in Europe.
Rawlins Cross performed live on the nationally-televised East Coast Music Awards and performed at the ninth annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration Festival in Germany and also represented Canada at the Expo Cumbre de las Americas in Santiago, Chile.
Two more albums followed: Celtic Instrumentals in 1997, a retrospective collection, and the studio album Make It On Time, which would prove to be the band's last album for more than a decade.
Following a six year hiatus, Rawlins Cross reunited in the fall of 2008 and released its seventh recording, Anthology. The band is once again performing select dates in North America.
Rawlins Cross mixed Scottish, Irish, Celtic, and Rock'n'Roll elements. Their style ranged from Celtic-instrumental to blues to folk, always with a strong rhythmic feeling, and combined contemporary song stylings with traditional instrumentation and story elements. The principal songwriters were brothers Dave and Geoff Panting.
After vocalist Joey Kitson joined the band in 1993, a number of the songs on the first two CDs, including "Turn Of the Wheel", "MacPherson's Lament", "Colleen" and "Open Road" were recorded again with Kitson singing lead, and released on subsequent recordings.
Joey Kitson — lead vocals, harmonica
Dave Panting — mandolin, guitar, banjo, harmonica, bouzouki, background vocals, songwriting
Geoff Panting — accordion, keyboard, background vocals, songwriting
Ian McKinnon — bagpipe, tin whistle, bodhran, trumpet, percussion, jaw harp
Brian Bourne — Chapman Stick, bass, background vocals
Howie Southwood — drums
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Discography:
(All the albums can be purchased from www.amazon.ca and www.amazon.com. I Europe, "Living River" and "Make it on Time" were released by Magnetic Music from Germany. Below you will find the links to some European on-line stores)
A Turn of the Wheel (1989)
Crossing the Border (1992)
Reel 'N' Roll (1993)
Living River (1996)
http://www.musicinscotland.com/acatalog/Rawlins_Cross_Living_River_CD.html
http://www.musicscotland.com/cd/rawlins-cross-living-river-musicscotland.html
http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/product.php?pId=4120486&pType=1
http://osns.ids-services.de/shop/advanced_search_result.php?XTCsid=c9bdb1317616769740ce9bf254c81c8e&keywords=rawlins+cross&x=0&y=0
http://www.amazon.de/Living-River-Rawlins-Cross/dp/B0000253ND/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269457062&sr=8-2
Celtic Instrumentals (1997)
Make It on Time (1998)
http://www.musicinscotland.com/acatalog/Rawlins_Cross_Make_It_On_Time_CD.html
http://www.musicscotland.com/cd/rawlins-cross-make-it-on-time-musicscotland.html
http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/product.php?pId=4120450&pType=1
http://www.amazon.de/Make-Time-Rawling-Cross/dp/B0000240YT/ref=pd_sim_m_1
Anthology (2008)
http://www.amazon.de/Anthology-Rawlins-Cross/dp/B00004UQ5H/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269457062&sr=8-1
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