The West African phrase Ranky Tanky roughly translates to "get funky" or "work it," according to the band's website. The band earns this title with danceable blends of gospel and jazz, celebrating the ...

Ranky Tanky, a five-person folk band based in Charleston, took home a Grammy award Sunday night for best regional roots music album, according to the band’s publicity firm Shore Fire Media. The band — ...

Gullah culture in the Lowcountry may be most obvious to the greater population in the expression of culinary art, from Bertha's Kitchen to Nana's Seafood and Soul with their traditional hoppin' john, ...

PORT ANGELES — Ranky Tanky, a Gullah expression, means “get funky,” which fits these five soulful-jazzy-bluesy music makers. Yet there’s plenty more to it, said Charlton Singleton, vocalist and ...

Ranky Tanky released their eponymous debut on Oct. 20th, 2017. By December of that year, the group had been been profiled on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and their album soared to the #1 position ...

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Jazz, gospel, blues, and spirituals come together, with a twist, in the music of the Charleston-based band Ranky Tanky. The twist is the group’s dedication to Gullah, the African-American traditional ...

The Charleston, South Carolina, quintet Ranky Tanky dwells in a little pocket of American roots music focussing on the sounds of its region’s deep-seated Gullah culture. As rendered by the group, ...

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Charleston’s acclaimed Lowcountry Gullah band Ranky Tanky earned its second Grammy Award nomination for Best Regional Roots Music Album. The album, Live At The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage ...

Ranky Tanky, Charleston's popular Gullah music group, made its national television debut with a performance on the "Today" show at 9 a.m. Friday. This comes just one week after Kathie Lee Gifford and ...

You know more music from the Gullah culture than you think. And you like more Gullah music than you know. Ranky Tanky, the Grammy-winning South Carolina band celebrating Gullah culture, will prove ...