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 ...

Dynamic fiddler Natalie MacMaster returns to George Mason University directly from a weekend at the East Coast Music Awards in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where her latest album, “Cape Breton Girl,” won for ...

The fiddle music of Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island gets its character from the Scottish immigrants who settled the area in the late 18th and early 19th centuries–in fact, many traditions that have ...

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 ...

Few performers exhibit the excitement that marks Natalie MacMaster’s shows. Less than a year after the birth of her fourth child, the Canadian fiddler brings “Christmas in Cape Breton” to George Mason ...

This release incorporates songs from her first two self-produced cassettes, "Four on the Floor," released in 1988 when she was 16, and "Road to the Isle," released in 1991. Fit as a Fiddle, 1993 Based ...

Canadian fiddler Natalie MacMaster presented her Christmas show to The Egg’s mostly filled Hart Theater Sunday night. MacMaster mixed her Scottish-based playing with some dance, a beautiful piece sung ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy are set to perform in Overture’s Capitol ...

Mindful of the fiddling tradition she represents, Natalie MacMaster gracefully adapts catchy phrases from the pop and jazz idioms to modernize her brand of Cape Breton music-making, a cross between ...