MAIRI RANKIN, Fiddle and Traditional Music

Born in Mabou, Mairi Rankin is a fiddler and step dancer who has been  influenced by some of the best Cape Breton traditional musicians and  instructors on the island. She has developed her own unique style by  being immersed in this rich musical culture, pulling from her native  Cape Breton and her strong Scottish roots from North Uist.  

Mairi has toured nationally and internationally as a performer and  educator in both fiddle and step dance. She has performed as a solo  artist, a side musician, and as a member of both the Cape Breton super  group Beòlach and the highly acclaimed Scottish/Irish band The Outside  Track. During her career she has accumulated three Canadian Folk  Music Awards, a Fans Choice East Coast Music Award, the prestigious  German Radio Critics’ Prize and a JUNO nomination.