The Outside Track

The Outside Track is a Pan Celtic group that performs Scots, Irish and Cape Breton songs and stepdance. Members of the group include Ailie Robertson, who has won a LiveIreland Music Award and was a BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician finalist, and Fiona Black, who was a winner of the BBC’s Fame Academy,^[3][4] as well as Mairi Rankin, a relative of the Rankin family from Mabou, Cape Breton.^[5] As a group they won ‘Best Group’ in the 2012 LiveIreland Music Award,^[6] a ‘Tradition In Review’ award, and was nominated for the 2013 MG Alba Scots Traditional Music Award. For their album Flash Company, they also won the German Radio Critics' Prize.^[7]

OriginLimerick, Ireland

GenresPan Celtic

Years active2005 (2005)–present

Members

• Mairi Rankin
• Teresa Horgan
• Fiona Black
• Ailie Robertson
• Michael Ferrie

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The Outside Track
The Outside Track at the 2009 Goderich Celtic Roots Festival
Background information
Origin	Limerick, Ireland
Genres	Pan Celtic
Years active	2005 (2005)–present
Members	Mairi Rankin Teresa Horgan Fiona Black Ailie Robertson Michael Ferrie
Past members	Aoife Scott[1][2] Norah Rendell Cillian O'Dalaigh Fiona Black Ailie Robertson Ivonne Hernandez
Website	http://www.theoutsidetrack.com

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