Rum Ragged's new album is called The Hard Times — but the current times for the band are anything but. "We were driving, I think it was in Ontario, down the highway," said Rum Ragged's singer and guitarist Mark Manning. "It's our full length [album] with Mike and Anthony, so it's starting to sound like the sound we had in our heads in the first place," said Collis. The Hard Times contains songs written by some of the band's favourite songwriters from veteran musician Jim Payne, to emerging singer songwriter Kat McLevey, to the title track from Collis's stepfather's uncle. You can hear First Listen Sundays on Weekend AM from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. (5:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. in most of Labrador) on CBC Radio One.

Source: CBC News February 14, 2019 00:00 UTC