Natalie MacMaster’s voice is smoky and rueful in that way only a nagging throat ailment can bring on. Plus, she’s seven months pregnant, touring North America right up to the holidays, and getting ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Fiddler Natalie MacMaster learned her craft at the feet of old-timers in living rooms and on front porches, who learned the tunes and techniques in much the same way. Today, the ...

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 ...

The award-winning Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and her husband, Donnell Leahy, will bring their unique spin on Celtic music to Schaeffer Auditorium on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. as ...

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 ...

It was a night of wild-eyed jigs, reels and strathspeys at the Birchmere on Wednesday, as the young Canadian fiddle player Natalie MacMaster displayed the verve and musicianship that has won over fans ...

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 ...

CAPE BRETON, Canada (CNN) -- "I've been hearing fiddle music since I was in the womb, I'm sure," says Natalie MacMaster , considered by many to be the premiere female fiddler in this Canadian pocket ...

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 ...