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 ...

WEST KENNEBUNK, Maine – Andrea Beaton, Troy MacGillivray and Sabra MacGillivray – some of Atlantic Canada’s finest performers of traditional music and dance – will appear in an extraordinary concert ...

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 ...

Cape Breton, to many around the globe, seems to be a tucked-away, mystical sort of place, an island that’s visited only as an afterthought by wealthy families shopping in Halifax, Nova Scotia’s ...

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia – The Big Fiddle stands guard over Sydney Harbor at the entrance to the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion signaling the importance of the violin to Cape Breton culture. Inside the ...

Most people assume the greatest inspiration in fiddler Natalie MacMaster's life is her uncle, legendary Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster, but truth be told, one of the biggest mentors she has had ...

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 ...

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 ...

An excerpt for this weeks edition of Island Echoes featuring the Patron of World Fiddle Day, Paul Cranford. Whether they're known as griots, kobzars, minstrels or bards, cultures around the world and ...