Tag Archives: Scottish music

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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Brian McNeill’s No Gods

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. It’s serendipitous how sometimes you find a “new” artist via a cover version of a song. In this case, the song was “No Gods and Precious Few Heroes,” which I first heard on Dick Gaughan’s … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill and Tom McDonagh’s Horses for Courses

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Cat Eldridge

There’s a photo of Brian McNeill getting ready to kiss a horse on the final page of the Horses for Courses liner notes. Or at the very least he’s talking to it in a rather intimate manner. It’s a very … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s The Busker And The Devil’s Only Daughter

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Cat Eldridge

Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. There is more to Brian McNeill’s albums than just the music they contain, although if you put one on without knowing a thing about McNeill, reading the liner notes or even looking at the song … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s The Back o’ the North Wind

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Gary Whitehouse

Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. Subtitled “Tales of the Scots in America,” this fine collection of songs and tunes is inspired by Scots men and women, some you probably have heard of, and some you likely have not, all of … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s To Answer The Peacock

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. This CD is subtitled “Music For The Scottish Fiddle,” and that’s exactly what it’s all about – the fiddle takes center stage in this recording, dancing its heart out, strutting its stuff like … well, … Continue reading →

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