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 ...
The narrator shares their enchanting journey in Brittany, highlighting their experiences at the annual Cornouaille festival, where they witnessed vibrant folkloric parades featuring traditional ...
Four decades ago, a Bostonian named Charles MacMaster sent a gift of four fiddles to his family back home in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He had good reason to ship those instruments to Maritime Canada: ...
A SIMPLE, kindly, honest people are the Breton folk. Not French at all, but very far from it, although they nowadays choose deputies to the legislative body in Paris, and their rugged granite country ...
Rita MacNeil became a household name from the mid-1980s until her April 16, 2013 passing, with her best-known songs reaching ...
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 ...