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The Rankin Twins

About Me


We are The Rankin Twins... April & Amy. We are TEXANS born and raised and grew up listening to country music as well as POP so it shouldn't be a surprise that our "sound" is more pop-country sounding. We are currently working on recording our first album "Headaches and Heartbreaks" which will come out around early FALL. We run our myspace page as well as our RANKIN TWINS website and don't currently have a label or management helping out so what you see if what you get. Therefore, you will always be responded to by one of us. For more about THE RANKIN TWINS visit our webpage www.therankintwins.com
We never thought we'd be song writers but it's crazy what a big breakup will inspire you to say... We love to write together and run everything through each other. We also didn't know we could harmonize so well together until we started writing music and decided we wanted to do a duet thing. Our harmonies and songs are what we hope will distinguish us from the pack. We love and live for FEEDBACK so please feel free to contact us with your thoughts/comments. Until then we'll just be laughing at eachother and working on creating our sound....it's a twin thing:) We'll see you down the road! Check out some of our videos below...
Concan, Tx
Twins Photoshoot Music Video

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Member Since: 3/5/2007
Band Website: www.therankintwins.com
Band Members: Amy Rankin (lead vocals, rhythm guitar & harmony)
April Rankin (lead vocals & harmony)

Influences: We would have to say it started with growing up in a small town, Madonna, Sara Evans, New Kids on the block, The Judds, Faith Hill, popsicles, and the Dixie Chicks.

Now has evolved into many different artists and things....colorful guitars, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, live performances, Taylor Swift, Leann Rimes, Michael Buble, The Fray, Jason Mraz, cowboy boots, trucks, Our Family and Friends, The Wreckers, local talent, sweet tea, the Frio River, Uncle Gary's blues, BOYS, being twins and just a zillion others.....

WE ARE ALWAYS INFLUENCED BY OUR FRIENDS/FAMILY/FANS....

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Sounds Like:

"It is kind of a cross between Sugarland and Taylor Swift... and I like it a lot" (Lindsay- Oklahoma City,OK)

"Spirited, genuine, and linked like many duos aren’t "(Clay- Dallas, Tx)

"A cross between Red-dirt lyrics because of your originality and story-telling mixed with more mainstream because of your energy & pop-ish/country sound…(Lauren- Dallas,tx)

Buy your copy of I WOULD, HIGHWAY of LIFE or THAT SIDE OF MAGEE on Itunes TODAY!
Record Label: For Booking: [email protected]
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Random blog of the week (Camo pants and PUSH)

Ok....it's BLOG TIME....I've decided to start doing a weekly RANDOM blog where we can all discuss something random that has happened or that's on my mind.This week's is about being in the studio.  So,...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:45:00 GMT

Upcoming Shows

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Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:36:00 GMT

South By Southwest 2009

So we played last weekend during the SXSW here in Austin,Tx and had a great time. So many talented people swarming the streets and bars. With that said we made a little video montage of the shows and ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:33:00 GMT

SXSW- First show of the year:)

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Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:01:00 GMT

Dentists office make me cringe

So this is Amy and I'm sitting in the dentist office up here in Plano,Tx waiting on April to get her teeth all fixed up.Let me just give you a little background info on everything that deals with the ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:23:00 GMT

The Rankin Twins seek new band members in Austin,Tx

Calling all serious musicians that would like to join the Rankin Twins band.We are auditioning for bass players, drummers, and lead guitarists in Austin. Please let us know if you are interested and s...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:41:00 GMT

Happy Christmas and New Year

Hey Ya'll...We wanted to wish you all toasty toes, great big bear hugs and kisses under the mistletoe this Christmas and New Year.See ya next year and check back for some new dates added to the calend...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Support The Rankin Twins

Alrighty peeps.....It's official...FINALLY. Our latest song "I Would" is currently on iTunes. Go out and buy a copy today and support The Rankin Twins.Don't forget to check out the other ones on ther...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:46:00 GMT

Where Have We Been?

Ok so while I've been recovering from brain surgery, April's been keeping up with her other hobby/profession PHOTOGRAPHY. Her new site it up at www.twintyphotography.Check it out....she's really good...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:37:00 GMT

Tumor is gone

Well Amy's tumor is gone and she gets the staples out on Monday. We are all so thankful and already writing some new tunes. We can't wait to get back to makin' music and performing. At this rate we'll...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:47:00 GMT