Tag Archives: cape breton music

Buddy MacMaster’s Cape Breton Tradition

Posted on 9th March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Pat Simmonds wrote this review. The Cape Breton Island fiddling tradition is getting quite the press coverage of late. Surely one of the last strongholds of traditional fiddling in North America, its popularity has been growing in leaps and bounds. … Continue reading →

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Natalie MacMaster’s Yours Truly

Posted on 9th March 2022 by Gary Whitehouse

Natalie MacMaster is well on the way to becoming the Alison Krauss of Cape Breton Island. By that I mean that she is taking the traditional music of her homeland and putting a slightly modern, NPR-friendly spin on it that … Continue reading →

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Natalie MacMaster’s Fit As A Fiddle

Posted on 9th March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Naomi de Bruyn wrote this review. Natalie is something of a well-known personage in Canada, being one of the most prominent fiddlers – perhaps the most famous woman fiddler – to ever come out of Cape Breton. Natalie grew up … Continue reading →

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Natalie MacMaster’s My Roots are Showing

Posted on 9th March 2022 by Kim Bates

Natalie MacMaster is blessed with extraordinary talent – nurtured by a musical family and honed through fiddle competitions. She is also possessed of perky blonde good looks that seem to cause many a young folkie’s brain to shift into neutral … Continue reading →

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Natalie MacMaster’s Blueprint

Posted on 9th March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Rick Hayes wrote this review. Natalie MacMaster has effectively moved from the kitchen to the concert hall without missing a beat on her latest CD Blueprint. This collection of tunes is big in a lot of ways. It is big … Continue reading →

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Natalie MacMaster’s In My Hands

Posted on 9th March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Chuck Lipsig wrote this review. “Wow!” If I could get away with a one word review of Natalie MacMaster‘s latest CD, In My Hands, that would be it. Usually, when I review a CD, I listen to it one or … Continue reading →

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Katie McNally Trio’s The Boston States

Posted on 24th October 2016 by Gary Whitehouse

For decades, expatriate Cape Breton Islanders lived and worked in Boston because there were few jobs on the Nova Scotia island they called home. Many of them, in addition to working factory jobs of one kind and another, were excellent … Continue reading →

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 Paul Cranford and Friends’ The Lighthouse

Posted on 16th October 2016 by Diverse Voices

Naomi de Bruyn wrote this review for Folk Tales. Paul Cranford is a lighthouse keeper, and that is where the title for this disc came from. It is filled with enchanting Cape Breton Fiddle Music. There are a total of … Continue reading →

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Cassie & Maggie MacDonald’s Sterling Road

Posted on 8th January 2015 by Gary Whitehouse

Cassie and Maggie MacDonald are sisters from Nova Scotia. They were reared in the seaside town of Antigonish (“antee-GO-nish”), just a stone’s throw from Cape Breton Island, and they grew up with Cape Breton music. Sterling Road is their second … Continue reading →

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