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 ...

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 ...

Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy, and their daughter Mary Frances perform at the Somerville Theatre this Thursday with the Celtic All Stars.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) - ...

Some 2,400 miles due east of Lansing is the Nova Scotia island of Cape Breton, where superstar fiddler Natalie MacMaster was born. MacMaster and her husband and fiddler Donnell Leahy will play a show ...