The award-winning Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and her husband, Donnell Leahy, will bring their unique spin on Celtic music to Schaeffer Auditorium on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. as ...

Celtic music couple Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy will perform March 1 at UCSB Campbell Hall. (Courtesy photo) UCSB Arts & Lectures presents ...

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia – The Big Fiddle stands guard over Sydney Harbor at the entrance to the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion signaling the importance of the violin to Cape Breton culture. Inside the ...

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 ...

In 1972, CBC aired a documentary called the Vanishing Cape Breton Fiddler, which lamented the decline of traditional fiddle music in Cape Breton, N.S. That same year, Natalie MacMaster — one of Canada ...

It's a sobering state of affairs to suspect, just after getting married, that you and your beloved don't really make beautiful music together after all. Donnell Leahy, fiddler and leader of the ...

NORTHAMPTON – Natalie MacMaster treated a full house at the Calvin Theater to a lively program of Cape Breton music Saturday night in Northampton. As the lights dimmed over the hushed crowd, the sound ...