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 ...

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 — ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Exciting news for a local band, set to play on the “Today Show” Friday morning. You may remember Ranky Tanky, the Charleston-based band, from our News 2 Hidden History series. The a ...

South Carolina band Ranky Tanky is on a mission to revive and celebrate Gullah music and culture, which originated among descendants of West African slaves in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. The ...

The up-and-coming band’s very name is an exhortation to “get funky.” That’s what Ranky Tanky means in the Gullah vernacular of the Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina. And like this creole ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston's Ranky Tanky won a Grammy on Sunday for its 2019 album, Good Time. The group has been on the rise for the past year. Ranky Tanky performed on television for the first ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Ranky Tanky includes (l-r) trumpet player Charlton Singleton, bass player Kevin Hamilton, singer ...

Charleston-based musical group Ranky Tanky has done it again. The local band, starring Quiana Parler on vocals, Charlton Singleton on trumpet and vocals, Clay Ross on guitar and vocals, Quentin Baxter ...

Ranky Tanky has an odd name and its music is based on an odd-sounding culture — Gullah — that most people aren’t familiar with. So it’s not surprising that it’s a little difficult to describe the ...

The band Ranky Tanky will conjure up the Gullah culture of South Carolina’s Sea Islands and give it a jazz spin on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Miller Center for the Arts as the opener of the 2017-18 ...

Charleston-based Ranky Tanky has announced the band will be performing tonight as part of the Biden-Harris official inaugural events. "Ranky Tanky will be featured as a part of the Biden/Harris 'We ...