She has released dozens of acclaimed albums since emerging in the late 1980s, including the gold-selling Fit as a Fiddle (1993) and In My Hands (1999), and wide-ranging efforts like Yours. Notable ephemera include: Has performed with Béla Fleck, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana, The Chieftains (who invited MacMaster to join the group), Sharon, Lois & Bram, Buddy MacMaster and Jesse Cook is distantly related to fiddler Ashley MacIsaac and rocker Jack White has a teaching degree and home-schools her children is a published author (Natalie MacMaster’s Cape Breton Aire, 2010) sun sign Gemini is an excellent cook who makes pasta sauce and salad dressing from scratch. Fiddler Natalie MacMaster has turned the music of Cape Breton, an island off the east coast of Canada near Nova Scotia, into an international phenomenon. We leave you with this quote from the Boston Herald: To call Natalie MacMaster the most dynamic performer in Celtic music today is high praise, but is doesn’t get at just how remarkable a concert performer this Cape Breton fiddler has become. An Order of Canada is among many accolades the Ontario-based mother of six has received in recognition of her peerless artistic status. Natalie will be performing in Scotland at the Aberdeen Music Hall on October 5, 2013. Donnell Leahy is the incendiary musical leader of Double Platinum selling, festival headlining Celtic family group Leahy. Natalie MacMaster is a superb fiddle player, and this CD contains some of her very best tunes - traditional material from Nova Scotia and Scotland. From the early days, she was encouraged by her father and musically influenced by her uncle, Buddy MacMaster, an undisputed master of the Cape Breton fiddle. Her extensive discography showcases MacMaster as both soloist and marquee collaborator, notably with husband and fellow fiddler Donnell Leahy. Natalie MacMaster is the globally acclaimed Cape Breton fiddle player who has appeared on numerous CBC, CTV and PBS TV shows and sold over 200,000 albums. Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy Since marrying in 2002, two of Canada’s brightest stars have been captivating audiences all over North America with their exceptional musical skills and obvious joy at playing the fiddle together. Natalie began playing at age 9 after having been given a small fiddle by her great uncle. The result is a hybrid album intended to appeal to a broader audience than the purist Celtic crowd, or perhaps to introduce them to some new sounds without putting them off.One of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia's most important exports and a superstar in the Celtic music world (though she's far too humble to admit it), fiddler and step-dancer Natalie MacMaster has built a sterling, multi-decade career on electrifying playing and must-see live performances. But the two feel the need to spice things up even more, and so there are several unusual tracks, starting with the lead-off title song, in which MacMaster recites a lyric in tribute to her instrument, and including "Space Ceilidh," which features some appropriately spacy "programming" "Olympic Reel," a rock workout with new age elements written by Mark O'Connor, who duels with MacMaster on his own fiddle and "Get Me Through December," a ballad with Alison Krauss on vocals. The basic approach taken by Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster and her producer, arranger, and guitarist Gordie Sampson is to take a group of traditional tunes, for example, the march and three reels mixed together and called "The Farewell," and come up with a folk-rock arrangement that emphasizes MacMaster's lyrical playing as well as a sturdy backbeat. Natalie MacMaster Born: Troy, Inverness County, Nova Scotia (1972) Role: Mother of three, solo artist Fiddle style: Cape Breton-style established by the Scottish immigrants that settled on.
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