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 ...

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 ...

PORT TOWNSEND — At first, it seems ironic that on the United States of America’s birthday, music from elsewhere converges here. Listen, though, and you find out quick: Fiddlin’ on the Fourth is a ...

Jerry Holland, from Cape Breton, and Tommy Peoples, from Ireland, are masters of their respective styles of fiddling. Together in concert they will display similarities as well as the differences of ...

PITTSFIELD -- Cape Breton native Natalie MacMaster can dive into a reel and sweep her listeners along with her. "[The fiddle] came easily to me, and I enjoyed the fact that I could play it," said ...

Five years ago, the Celtic fiddling duo of Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy played to a packed audience at the Phillips Center, captivating the crowd with the exuberant style of Cape Breton ...

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 ...

WORCESTER - Canadian fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy brought their “Visions from Cape Breton and Beyond” tour to Worcester’s Hanover Theater Friday night, courtesy of Music Worcester. The ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Christine Balfa was quaking in her boots, just a little. Never mind that she’s been coming to Centrum’s Festival of American Fiddle Tunes since she was a grade-schooler. Never mind ...