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Photos credited to ‘CityLife’

‘CityLife’ Article from The Manchester Evening News

Written by David Sue

“The Minnikins bring a grandiosity and cinematic sweep to their country-folk stylings.

Forget any notions of rivalry within the Manc music community; whenever Ruth and Gabriel Minnikin are around, that loving family feeling just seems to spread.

Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, the Minnikin siblings had something of a liberal, artistic-leaning upbringing.

On account of a classical music-loving family, Ruth was taking piano lessons by the age of eight, while Gabriel quickly showed a natural gift for guitar.

Alongside their joint work as The Minnikins, the pair have released numerous solo albums, while Ruth also works as a prolific artist and photographer.

…we’re constantly evolving our sound. And as long as all these great musicians keep inviting us to work with them, we’ll keep saying yes.”

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The Minnikins perform an ‘Acoustic Hay Bale Session’ at Truck Festival.

Live video to follow shortly

This coming weekend ‘The Minnikins’ (Ruth, her brother Gabriel and Chris Hillman on pedal steel) will be performing at Truck Festival in Oxfordshire (headliners – Mercury Rev and Teenage Fanclub) and opening for Joel Plaskett and Jools Holland at Shugborough Estate in Staffordshire, England.

buy tickets for Jools Holland, Joel Plaskett and The Minnikins

Ruth has been kept quite busy for the past couple months playing festivals and art spaces throughout the UK. Plenty more dates still to come, including appearances at The End of The Road Festival (headliners – Modest Mouse and Wilco) and the Glasgow Americana Festival.

Video credits:
Directed by Brian Lingley
Animation by Max Lingley
Produced by 1up.ca

Song credits:
Ruth Minnikin
Produced by Chuck Blazevic

…”It’s obvious looking over Ruth Minnikin’s past work that she is something of an unique talent. Ruth is not only one of the best singers of these times but she has an extraordinary vision and is not afraid to take chances with her music.”…