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 ...

Was it hot Sunday evening? It's quite possible thousands of people on the Long's Park lawn didn't notice. Although it was still above 90 degrees in the shade when the music started shortly after 7:30 ...

Natalie MacMaster has the look of a pop star: blond, slender, vivacious and outgoing. Her stage performances are whirling flashes of music and movement, her thick mane of hair flying as she whips her ...

I wonder if Webster had Natalie MacMaster in mind when the word “sensuous” was derived? Sensuous is just one of the many adjectives that could describe the essence of the stunning fiddle compositions ...

Somewhere on a highway out there is a bus on its way from Ontario, Canada, to Wilmington. Aboard is a group of musicians led by Natalie MacMaster, one of the most prodigious fiddle players in the ...

When Scottish Canadian fiddler Natalie MacMaster got married last October, the first song played after the wedding was called “My Love, Cape Breton and Me.” Written by her cousin Bob Quinn and sung by ...

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 ...