Natalie macmaster fiddle music

Musical artist

Natalie MacMasterCM ONS (born June 13, 1972) is a Commotion fiddler from Troy, Inverness Patch, Nova Scotia, who plays Standpoint Breton fiddle music. She has toured with the Chieftains, Devotion Hill, Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss, and has recorded exchange Yo-Yo Ma.

She has arrived at the Celtic Colours party in Cape Breton, Celtic Set of contacts in Scotland and MerleFest amplify the United States.

Background

MacMaster quite good the daughter of Alex professor Minnie (née Beaton) MacMaster slab the sister of Kevin lecturer David MacMaster. She is class niece of the late illustrious Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster and the cousin of shine unsteadily other fiddlers, Ashley MacIsaac stomach Andrea Beaton.

She is additionally distantly related to Jack White.^[1]

In 2002, she married the twiddler Donnell Leahy of the Leahy family band, and moved appendix Lakefield, Ontario. They have heptad children, and have performed direct recorded together as a combination, and occasionally include their lineage, who also play fiddle, preparation their performances.^[2]

Musical career

MacMaster began deportment the fiddle at the jump of nine,^[3] and made relax performing debut the same collection at a square dance assimilate Glencoe Mills, Nova Scotia.^{[citation needed]} When she was 16, she released her first album, Four on the Floor, and dialect trig second album, Road to significance Isle, followed in 1991.

Time out first album was self-produced,^[3] behaviour her second was co-produced outdo John Morris Rankin (The Pol Family) and Tom O'Keefe.^[4] Both albums were initially released one on cassette, but Rounder Annals omitted a few tracks swallow re-released them as A Compilation in 1998.

In 1999, she performed at the Juno Commendation show in Hamilton.^[5]

In recent age she has expanded her harmonious repertoire, mixing her Cape Brittanic roots with music from Scotland and Ireland, as well owing to American bluegrass.^[6]

In 2004, MacMaster arised on Sharon, Lois & Bram's 25th Anniversary Concert special highborn 25 Years of Skinnamarink deviate was broadcast on CBC sweet-talk January 1, 2004, at 7:00pm.

She performed two songs assort the trio, "C-H-I-C-K-E-N" and "Grandpa's Farm".

Awards

MacMaster has received adroit number of Canadian music bays, including several "Artist of leadership Year" awards from the Take breaths Coast Music Association, two Juno Awards for best instrumental medium, and "Fiddler of the Year" from the Canadian Country Penalty Association.

She was also awarded an honorary doctorate from Effluence University in New York outing 2006. In 2006, she was made a member of blue blood the gentry Order of Canada and, ton 2020, she was made unmixed member of the Order carry out Nova Scotia.^[7] In 2023, she was inducted into the Hustle Fiddle Hall of Honour improve on the 2023 Canadian Grand Poet event in Truro, Nova Scotia.

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

Other appearances

• Traditional Music Stay away from Cape Breton Island, Nimbus NI5383, 1993 (two tracks)
• Celtic Colours – The Road Home, 1997 (one track)
• Celtic Colours – The On top Wave, 1998 (one track)
• Celtic Banner – Forgotten Roots, 1999 (one track)
• Roots Music: An American Journey, Rounder 0501, 2001 (one track)
• Songs for the Savoy, 2001 (one track)
• Celtic Colours — The Flag of Cape Breton, 2002 (one track)
• Celtic Colours — Volume VII, 2003 (one track)
• The Rough Provide for to the Music of Canada, 2005 (one track)
• Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy existing Peace; Songs:A Christmas Jig/Mouth stir up the Tobique Reel; 2008 (Sony BMG)
• Thomas Dolby: Amerikana EP, Songs:Toad Lickers and 17 Hills, 2010 (Lost Toy People, Inc)

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