“You’re never alone, there’s always someone feeling the same as you.”
Holly Rankin is remarkably humble for a woman with an impressive roll call of achievements as both a musician and an activist. Under her alias Jack River, she released her debut album Sugar Mountain in June 2018. The album, weaving personal anecdotes with musings on the transiency of youth, was nominated for three Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards, an Australian Independent Record (AIR) award and an APRA Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year award. Critics raved about her talent, and listeners adored Jack River.
While Sugar Mountain made us feel that we knew Jack, it is Holly who is genuinely fascinating in the music industry and beyond it.
Last year, she spearheaded Our Soundtrack Our Stories, an ARIA-supported campaign to encourage Australian radio to dedicate more of their playlists to Australian artists, using Australian artists’ music in TV and film, and encouraging businesses to provide critically needed support to Australian artists by purchasing the
