mairi rankin
CAPE BRETON FIDDLE
Level: Intermediate +
*In-Person | Saturday, Oct. 26 | 9am - 10:30am
We're so lucky to have Mairi Rankin return to ReJigged 2024! Mairi is a fiddler and dancer - who often plays for dancers. In this workshop, she'll have you learn a tune in the Cape Breton style. But in addition to a Cape Breton tune workshop, Mairi will discuss the collaboration and communication that happens between musicians who are taking the music to new heights and dancers who are keeping it "close to the floor". The amazing Harvey Beaton will be Mairi's collaborator in this workshop. Bring your filddle and learn from the best!
One of the hugely influential Rankin Family – legends on the Canadian music scene – she plays fiddle, sings and also step-dances up a storm. Born in Mabou, Nova Scotia, Mairi 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 such a rich musical culture. She has toured nationally and internationally as a solo artist, a sideman and is a member of the Cape Breton Celtic super group Beolach. She has performed with the Rankin Sisters, Unusual Suspects and Bruce Guthro to name but a few. Mairi has recorded one solo album, two CDs with Beolach and has been featured on numerous compilations and recordings