Ranky Tanky | KNKX Studio Session

Some of the earliest music of America, created by the enslaved Africans and their descendants along the country’s southeastern coast, is getting a fresh makeover by the young musicians of Ranky Tanky. They performed four songs from their hit second album, Good Time, to a loving studio audience here at KNKX that we’re proud to share with you. Charleton Singleton, who plays trumpet and also sings with Ranky Tanky, grew up in the Gullah culture around Charleston, South Carolina. He heard the traditional songs