Canadian
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folk music group from
Newfoundland and Labrador
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. They are most noted for their 2020 album ''The Thing About Fish'', which was a shortlisted
Juno Award
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Juno Awards of 2021
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The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place in Ma ...
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Originally consisting of accordionist Aaron Collis and singer/guitarist Mark Manning, the band released its self-titled debut album in 2016. They followed up with the album ''The Hard Times'' and a holiday-themed album titled ''Rum Ragged at Christmas'' in 2018, with new supporting members Anthony Chafe on bodhran and Michael Boone on bass and banjo. Chafe and Boone were subsequently replaced by fiddler Colin Grant and multi-instrumentalist Zack Nash in early 2019.
In addition to their Juno Award nomination, the band received two
Canadian Folk Music Award
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nominations, including for New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the
Exclaim!
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'', December 1, 2020. They have been nominated for several
East Coast Music Awards
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, and won eleven
MusicNL
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