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“She has just enough world weariness in her vocals to interpret…songs and make them her own.” – Tony Lawless, Tradconnect. The Cabin Sessions, her album with Eric Wright is available at retail locations around Inverness County such as Mabou Freshmart, Celtic Music Interpretive Centre in Judique, or the Bear Paw in Inverness. Rise Up is also available on CD as well as digital download through Apple Music. Be sure to check them out!
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Newsmaker of the Year - It’s a West Mabou “no”
West Mabou Beach Provincial Park. (Photo credit: Gabe MacDonald on savewestmaboubeach.com)
December 31, 2025
West Mabou Beach Provincial Park was once again the centre of controversy as information came out in October that Cabot wanted to lease part of the park from the province to build a new links golf course.
Ailie is in great demand as a teacher around the world, and has published six books of harp music.
“It’s good to be back”, says Màiri. She is a musician in the broadest sense: composer, arranger, teacher, improviser and harp virtuoso. She has performed with the Rankin Sisters, Unusual Suspects and Bruce Guthro to name but a few. Fiona’s accordion style incorporates many different influences, intertwining her native Scottish style with Irish, Swedish and Cape Breton repertoire, always adding her distinctive rhythm and vibrancy.
Ailie Robertson
Ailie Robertson from Edinburgh is widely regarded as one of Scotland’s leading young traditional musicians.
Fiona set off for Limerick in 2005 where she completed a BA with Honours in Irish Music and Dance. “People were contacting us to see if the album could be shipped out west or to the states or wherever, and with e-transfers, it’s really easy to do business”, says Màiri.
Màiri Rankin is performing this week in Denmark with The Outside Track.
She has toured extensively and shared the stage with The Chieftains, Declan O’Rourke, Andy Irvine, Lúnasa and more.
Fiona Black
From the Highland village of Evanton, Fiona Black developed a love of music and dance from a young age.
Rise Up is the fifth studio album The Outside Track has produced. She began playing the clarsach when she was eleven years old and through her piano and clarsach lessons she developed a love for both classical and traditional music. And then, is it worth taking to the next step? And this one never got, and won’t get, to the next step.” Opponents of the project were relieved, but acknowledged it was a bittersweet victory as the issue caused a rift in the community.
Watch Mairi’s performance, and learn “The Highway Reel” by Cape Breton fiddler John Campbell
Includes performance video, full workshop video, audio, and sheet music.
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Mairi Rankingrew up in Cape Breton, a member of the legendary Rankin family, as a fiddler, singer and stepdancer.
Her goal is to promote shopping local for gifts this holiday season. Sara did the album design for The Cabin Sessions. Teresa was immersed in music from a young age, playing with her family and later went on to obtain an honours degree in Irish Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. She recorded two albums with award-winning Irish band, ‘FullSet’, and one album with guitarist, Matt Griffin, called ‘Brightest Sky Blue’.
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Mairi Rankin and Eric Wright have recorded a new CD called The Cabin Sessions
-by K.C. Beaton
It’s rare to catch Màiri Rankin sitting still. The Oran had a chance to chat with Màiri recently as she was rehearsing in preparation for a trip to Denmark for a five-day festival.
Màiri reclaimed Mabou as her home base this fall after 10 years living away in Halifax and Vancouver.
They recorded the album in Eric’s family home during a week in Vermont last winter. It will be released officially in January during the Celtic Connections Festival. The band will tour with the album in Canada, Europe, and the US from January through April 2019.
Recording with Eric Wright was a completely different experience.
The post about the album proved as a boost in sales for The Cabin Sessions.