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 ...
I wonder if Webster had Natalie MacMaster in mind when the word “sensuous” was derived? Sensuous is just one of the many adjectives that could describe the essence of the stunning fiddle compositions ...
PORT TOWNSEND — The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Centrum’s annual celebration of traditional music, culminates in three public performances at Fort Worden State Park, 200 Battery Way, this ...
Somewhere on a highway out there is a bus on its way from Ontario, Canada, to Wilmington. Aboard is a group of musicians led by Natalie MacMaster, one of the most prodigious fiddle players in the ...
Donnell Leahy begins playing the fiddle as his wife Natalie MacMaster sways, eyes closed, to the sound of the music with her own fiddle resting on her shoulder. Soon she joins in and the sounds of ...
Natalie MacMaster has the look of a pop star: blond, slender, vivacious and outgoing. Her stage performances are whirling flashes of music and movement, her thick mane of hair flying as she whips her ...
PORT TOWNSEND — Right about now, the fort is fully warmed up. Over the past week, Fort Worden State Park has been the setting for Voice Works, an immersion workshop-concert-dance camp celebrating ...
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 ...
They don't sound as brash as bagpipes, but the massed San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers is an experience not to be missed. The group will circle the Bay with its annual spring concerts next weekend in ...