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The Outside Track
OriginLimerick, Ireland
GenresPan Celtic
Years active2005 (2005)-present
Members
  • Mairi Rankin, Norah Rendell, Cillian O'Dalaigh, Fiona Black, Ailie Robertson, Ivonne Hernandez
Past members
  • Aoife Scott
[1][2]

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 a group they won ‘Best Group’ in the 2012 LiveIreland Music Award,[5] 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.[6]

Discography

  • Light up the Dark (2015)
  • Flash Company (2013)
  • The Mountain Road (2012)
  • Curious Things Given Wings (2010)
  • Self-Titled (2007)

References

  1. ^ Andrea Smith. "Bondings: Black is the colour - how singer Aoife Scott knew Andy Meaney was the guy for her". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  2. ^ Rannie Gillis (2015-10-16). "Two for the price of one in Boisdale - Columnists". Cape Breton Post. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  3. ^ "Festival visiting acts range from Siberia to Canada | The Shetland Times Ltd". Shetlandtimes.co.uk. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  4. ^ "Celtic band The Outside Track comes from different places, different grooves". MLive.com. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  5. ^ "The Outside Track | Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland". Tracscotland.org. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  6. ^ David Kidman (2015-09-07). "The Outside Track – Light Up the Dark | Folk Radio UK". Folkradio.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-12.