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![]() ![]() I heard about the fiddle, and I wanted to play it. He sent a fiddle to Cape Breton for any of the MacMaster children who wanted to give it a go. I was given a fiddle from a relative, Uncle Charlie, who was actually my great uncle and lived in Boston. I have been playing music for 37 years now. You began playing and writing music at a very young age. After college, I moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia for a while, before coming to Ontario in 2002. I spent 18 years there, until I went to college. It is similar to traditional, old-school Scottish fiddling – interestingly, a style of music that you don’t hear anymore in Scotland – but with a touch of both Irish and French influence. The music that I play is originally from Scotland, but with what we call the ‘Cape Breton’ sound. My family is of Scottish ancestry – both my Mom and Dad are 4th or 5th generation Scottish, so we have been in Canada for a long time. Just outside of Peterborough, in a little farming village called Douro. Where are you and the family hanging out these days? Recently, we caught up with the multi award-winning musician to chat about her latest effort, Sketches, and the perks and perils of her profession. Yes, Really.American author, artist and educator Paul Laseau once said that “sketching is a continuous form of learning rather than a string of performances.” That is certainly true for fiddler Natalie MacMaster. David Bowie & Marianne Faithfull Sing “I Got You Babe” In Ziggy Stardust’s Final Appearance.Photo Gallery: Nothing More with Crown The Empire and Thousand Below at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall.My Next Read: “Share My Life A Journey of Love, Faith and Redemption” By Kem.5 Seconds Of Summer Announces World Tour And Live Album.Toronto Rocker Nice Vice Releases “Regrets And Cigarettes” Pick-Me-Up For Your Week.Berlin-Based Afropop Songwriter and Producer Mister Wawa Releases “Amina, Amina”.Tonia Cianciulli Returns With Emotional “Thousand Cries”. ![]() Sultans of String Win 2 Canadian Folk Music Awards: Global Roots Album Of The Year and Producer of the Year.Canvas follows the duo’s 2015 release One, their first recording together, won Instrumental Album of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, and A Celtic Family Christmas, the best selling seasonal album and concert tour currently on stage at performing arts centers across North America. Special guests include celebrated Classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Grammy award winning Americana music/Appalachian banjo/fiddle player Rhiannon Giddens. Their new album Canvas, the pair stretch the boundaries of Celtic folk, experimenting with global sounds combining their virtuosic fiddle playing with more contemporary production and innovative arrangements, incorporating new instrumentation and contributing musicians. Canvas follows the duo’s 2015 release One, their first recording together, won Instrumental Album of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, and A Celtic Family Christmas, the best-selling seasonal album and concert tour currently on stage at performing arts centers across North America. Known as Canada’s reigning stars of Celtic music, the two musicians’ combined album sales exceed one million they sell out performing arts centers across North America, and their enthusiastic traditional folk music loving fan base (which boasts Shania Twain and The Chieftains) stretches from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Sydney, Australia. The entertainment world is filled with extraordinary stories of musical power-couples, but few match the beguiling true-life tale of Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy. ![]()
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