![]() The ear comes first and the notes are second. Not that we’re against notes.īut I definitely think if you can only have one or the other, the most important thing is your ear. But in terms of us teaching them fiddle, we don’t use notes at all. Our kids are taking Royal Conservatory piano so they’re learning notes there. Did you also learn strictly by ear? Is that how you’re teaching your children? I remember your husband saying that he and his siblings couldn’t read music. So between them, when one or two are away, they manage it and there are a couple of relatives who help out as well if necessary. With the best brother-in-law in the world! There are three boys who run the farming operation. How do you manage to tour for 1/3 of the year and still keep the cows fed? It would be a very unloving thing to say, “Come live with me! Abandon all your generations of farming and the land that you love.” And knowing that, there was no strain, no pulling, it just was.įarming is a 24/7 commitment. It was so obvious in my mind that him coming from a farming background and having lots of cattle and owning a home and owning farm acreage and me renting an apartment in Halifax it was the right thing to do. NM: When we were still dating, I remember saying that if one of us had to move, I’d move to Ontario. Has performed with Béla Fleck, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana, The Chieftains, Don Henley, Sharon, Lois & Bram, Buddy MacMaster and Jesse Cook has a teaching degree and home-schools her children is a published author (Natalie MacMaster’s Cape Breton Aire, 2010) is an excellent cook who shares recipes on her officialĬo-starred along with her husband, Donnell Leahy, and her children in marblemedia’s 2018 A Celtic Family Christmas, a one hour music special picked up for broadcast by BYUtv in the United States and Canadian broadcasters YESTV, NTV, CHEK DT and Vision TV.Natalie & Donnell performing at the 2016 Lowell Folk Festival! □: #music #musicfestival #festivalseason #summer #folk #concert #hadablast #celtic #capebreton #novascotiaĪ photo posted by Macmaster & Leahy on at 10:56am PDTĪpt613: What was the biggest adjustment to joining a large extended family and moving to a farm? Performed at myriad prestigious festivals including (but not limited to) MerleFest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and at Dublin Irish Festival in Dublin, Ohio in 2017, and Milwaukee Irish Fest in 2018. GEMINI Award (Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series, 1999) Honorary Doctorates at School of Theology, Halifax, NS, Trent University, Peterborough and Niagara University in New York Ĭasino Nova Scotia Music Hall of Fame Induction (2016).Ĭollaborations: Featured on Yo-Yo Ma’s Songs of Joy & Peace which won a GRAMMY AWARD for Best Classical Crossover Album) Canadian Folk Music Award (Instrumental Group of the Year 2015 w/Donnell Leahy) East Coast Music Awards (Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year and Instrumental Recording of the Year 2016 w/ Donnell Leahy) recipient of the Canadian Independent MusicĪssociation’s Road Gold Award (2018) recognizing artistry through public performances (w/ Donnell Leahy).Ĭo-founded the annual Greenbridge Celtic Music Fest which she also curates and headlines. Multiple gold albums with overall sales exceeding 300,000 Solo: GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATION for Best Traditional Folk album, My Roots Are Showing,Ģ000JUNO Awards (seven nominations, win for Best Instrumental Album, In My Hands, 2000) ġ9 EastCoast Music Awards 5 Canadian Country Music Association Awards (as Fiddler of the Year from 1997 to 2001) Michael McDonald (2006) Cape Breton Girl (2011).Ĭollaborations: Songs of Joy & Peace w/ Yo-Yo Ma (2008) A Christmas Gift to You w/ Johnny Reid (2013) One w/ Donnell Leahy (2015) A Celtic Family Christmas w/ Donnell Leahy (2016).Ģ019 saw Natalie back in the studio again to record her 12th solo LP. Alison Krauss (1999) My Roots Are Showing (2000) Live (2002) Blueprint (2003) Yours Truly feat. Solo: Four On The Floor (1989) Road To The Isle (1991) Fit As A Fiddle (1993) A Compilation (1996) No Boundaries (1997) In My Hands feat. An Order of Canada is among many accolades the Ontario-based mother of seven she has received in recognition of her peerless artistic status. ![]() Her extensive discography showcases MacMaster as both soloist and marquee collaborator, notably with husband and fellowįiddler Donnell Leahy. One of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia’s most important exports and a superstar in the Celtic music world (though she’s far too humble to admit it), fiddler and step-dancer Natalie MacMaster has built a sterling, multi-decade career on electrifying playing and must-see live performances. NATALIE MACMASTER: CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AT-A-GLANCE…
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