Natalie MacMaster

Fiddler Natalie MacMaster has turned the music of Cape Breton, an island off the east coast of Canada near Nova Scotia, into an international phenomenon. She has released dozens of acclaimed albums since emerging in the late 1980s, including the gold-selling Fit as a Fiddle (1993) and In My Hands (1999), and wide-ranging efforts like Yours Truly (2006), Sketches (2019), and Canvas (2023). She has toured with the Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana, and Alison Krauss and is a mainstay of multiple folk and roots music festivals. Whether performing with her band or a classical...