
Rather, the pair realized early on that being on the road without their kids was infinitely harder than touring with them. The Canadian fiddler, a native of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, returns to West Michigan this week for the Grand Rapids Symphony's 2013 Picnic Pops Series. MacMaster is referring to her and Leahy’s seven gifted children, five of whom are often the showpiece of the MacMaster/Leahy live set, though not because the couple necessarily envision showbiz careers for the kids. "It's not something you have to offer," she added. "People who come want to learn the business, and you have to have a grasp on those things." This concert featured several Cape Breton musicians including Andrea Beaton, Howie MacDonald, an. "It's part of the music business," said MacMaster, a Grammy Award-winning recording artist with multiple gold records to her credit. This is an intro by Natalie to this 2007 televised concert. They also learn studio recording techniques, taught by a recording engineer. "They come away with some very traditional Cape Breton pieces," said the Canadian fiddler, during a mid-day break at Leahy Music Camp, held the first week of July in Ontario. This article was originally published in Macleans Magazine on March 6, 2000. But MacMaster is doing just fine as the embodiment of sweetness and light. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy & Friends 8.19.17 26,900 views 146 Dislike Share Save Stellablu477 1.58K subscribers Waterdown Artfest presents a Celtic kitchen party with Natalie. Its nothing more or less than a glorious ceilidh album, dance tunes played on acoustic instruments, and its obvious. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy & Friends 8.19.17 999 views Waterdown Artfest presents a Celtic kitchen party with Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy & Friends Augin. Natalie MacMaster has been extending her scope far beyond traditional music, and reaching a wider audience, but this release takes her right back home. Some 130 kids this summer studied fiddle, guitar, accordion as well as step dancing from teachers including MacMaster and Leahy. The niece of influential Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster, Natalie MacMaster has turned the music of Cape Breton, an island off the east coast of Canada near Nova Scotia, into an international phenomenon. Natalie MacMaster (Profile) It may have seemed, with the headline-grabbing antics of Ashley MacIsaac, that gifted Cape Breton fiddlers had to have a dark side. Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger.

MacMaster and her husband, fiddler Donnell Leahy, created Leahy Music Camp to teach traditional music and much more. 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.
