In 1972, CBC aired a documentary called the Vanishing Cape Breton Fiddler, which lamented the decline of traditional fiddle music in Cape Breton, N.S. That same year, Natalie MacMaster — one of Canada ...
Four decades ago, a Bostonian named Charles MacMaster sent a gift of four fiddles to his family back home in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He had good reason to ship those instruments to Maritime Canada: ...
Buddy MacMaster has been called the dean of Cape Breton fiddling. Acclaimed Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster will ...
Donnell Leahy begins playing the fiddle as his wife Natalie MacMaster sways, eyes closed, to the sound of the music with her own fiddle resting on her shoulder. Soon she joins in and the sounds of ...
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia – The Big Fiddle stands guard over Sydney Harbor at the entrance to the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion signaling the importance of the violin to Cape Breton culture. Inside the ...
Award-winning folk-fiddle royalty Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy will perform a Celtic concert in Harwich Monday, and it was an easy decision to have their “Visions of Cape Breton and Beyond: A ...
Although Natalie MacMaster fits comfortably in the category of Celtic fiddler, her music has been a balancing act between breaking new ground and hewing to a traditional approach. MacMaster grew up in ...
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