Jack River (musician)

Jack River
Birth name Holly Rankin
Born (1991-12-19) December 19, 1991
Origin Forster, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Years active 2016–present
Labels I OH YOU
Website jackrivermusic.com

Holly Rankin, who performs as Jack River, is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer based in Sydney.[1]

In 2017 she launched Electric Lady, a series of concerts featuring only female acts such as Ali Barter, Alex Lahey, and Gretta Ray.[2] Jack River released new music and toured in that year, including playing with Midnight Oil.[3]

On 22 June 2018, she released her debut album Sugar Mountain in Australia, named after the song made famous by Neil Young - her hero.[4] The 13 track debut album recounts many of Jack River's painful childhood memories, including the tragic accident that claimed the life of her younger sister, when she was only 14.[5] During an interview with Richard Kingsmill on 2018 program on Triple J, River explained that music was her way of dealing her emotions and also as therapy, calling it her go to for everything.[6] The album also features Jack River's little brother, Reuben Rankin, playing piano and also having several spoken interludes, on two tracks, 'Mars' and 'Saturn'.

Discography

Albums

  • Sugar Mountain (2018) – AUS No. 11[7]

EP

  • Highway Songs No 2

Singles

  • "Talk Like That" (2016)
  • "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby" (2016)
  • "Palo Alto" (2016)
  • "Fool's Gold" (2017)
  • "Fault Line" (2017)
  • "Ballroom" (2018)
  • "Limo Song" (2018)

References

  1. ↑ "Introducing Jack River".
  2. ↑ Butler, Josh (26 June 2017). "Jack River And The Gritty, Powerful Women Of 'Electric Lady'" – via Huff Post.
  3. ↑ Tencic, Nat (8 August 2017). "Jack River takes Fool's Gold on tour".
  4. ↑ Leeson, Josh. "Jack River finds path through grief on Sugar Mountain". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Leeson, Josh. "Jack River finds path through grief on Sugar Mountain". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Kingsmill, Richard. "Jack River". Triple J. ABC. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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