Wikibooks: Contemporary Fiddlers/Natalie MacMaster
Natalie MacMaster CM (born June 13 1972) is an award winning [[fiddle]]r from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County Nova Scotia Canada who plays Cape Breton fiddle music. MacMaster has toured with the Chieftains Faith Hill Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss and has recorded with Yo Yo Ma. Sh...
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| Summary: | Natalie MacMaster CM (born June 13 1972) is an award winning [[fiddle]]r from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County Nova Scotia Canada who plays Cape Breton fiddle music. MacMaster has toured with the Chieftains Faith Hill Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss and has recorded with Yo Yo Ma. She has appeared at the Celtic Colours festival in Cape Breton Celtic Connections in Scotland and MerleFest in the United States. =Background= MacMaster is the daughter of Alex and Minnie (Beaton) MacMaster and the niece of Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster. She is the sister of Kevin and David MacMaster. She is the cousin of two other Cape Breton fiddlers Ashley MacIsaac and Andrea Beaton. She was born on June 13 1972. In 2002 she married fiddler Donnell Leahy of the Leahy family band and moved to Lakefield Ontario. In 2011 she moved to Douro where she built a new house. In December 2005 she gave birth to a daughter Mary Frances Rose. Her second child a son Michael Joseph Alexander was born in June 2007. In 2007 MacMaster learned she was related to Jack White. http //www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=4549 Her third child a daughter Clare Marie was born in February 2009. Her fourth child another daughter Julia Elizabeth was born in January 2011. MacMaster began playing the [[ title = Governor General to invest 41 recipients into the Order of Canada work = The Governor General of Canada web site date = May 2 2007 url = http //www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=12442 accessdate = April 1 2010}} =Discography= =Albums= =Singles= =Music videos= =Other appearances= Traditional Music From Cape Breton Island Nimbus NI5383 1993 (two tracks) Celtic Colours mdash The Road Home 1997 (one track) Celtic Colours mdash The Second Wave 1998 (one track) Celtic Colours mdash Forgotten Roots 1999 (one track) Roots Music An American Journey Rounder 0501 2001 (one track) Songs for the Savoy 2001 (one track) Celtic Colours mdash The Colours of Cape Breton 2002 (one track) Celtic Colours mdash Volume VII 2003 (one track) Yo Yo Ma Friends ... |
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