Member of the Juno Award wining Canadian folk band The Rankin Family.
Sister of Jimmy Rankin, Cookie Rankin, Raylene Rankin
and John Morris Rankin
Co-owns The Red Shoe Pub in Mabou, Nova Scotia.
Wrote the songs "Cold Winds," (Uprooted) "The Christmas Star,"(Do You Hear...) "Nothing to Believe In" (Reunion and These Are The Moments) and "I Would" (These Are The Moments).
She and her siblings are featured on two of The Chieftains' records, Fire in the Kitchen (1998) and Tears of Stone (1999).
Received an Honourary Doctorate in Music from Acadia University in 1996.