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 ...

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 ...

Thomas MacDonnell's strathspey/traditional strathspey/My great friend John Morris Rankin/Maire O'Keeffe reel/Francis Beaton's reel (4:22) -- Quickstep/Gordon's trip to Sydney/ The garden wall (3:09) - ...

Ceilidh Trail School concert: Reels (Brenda Stubbert, fiddle ; Brian Doyle, guitar ; Richard Wood, piano) (3:37) -- Port Hood Arena dance: Strathspeys and reels (Jackie Dunn MacIsaac, fiddle ; Wendy ...

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 ...

It's a sobering state of affairs to suspect, just after getting married, that you and your beloved don't really make beautiful music together after all. Donnell Leahy, fiddler and leader of the ...

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 ...

Fiddler Natalie MacMaster grew up in a house full of music, steeped in the traditions of her Scottish Canadian isle. And in the seasonal spirit of sharing, she's bringing that gift to her Hancher ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Athens has certainly seen its fair share of fiddlers, but these are not your ...

Natalie MacMaster’s voice is smoky and rueful in that way only a nagging throat ailment can bring on. Plus, she’s seven months pregnant, touring North America right up to the holidays, and getting ...