![]() ![]() She combines traditional and original material in ways that leave listeners breathless yet wanting more at the same time. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Put a fiddle in Natalie MacMaster’s hands and magical things just seem to happen. "I haven't actually purchased a fiddle myself they've all been given to me."Ĭopyright 2000 The Denver Post. It's not just a fiddle it's a beautiful instrument. My current fiddle is a French violin from 1927 made by Marc Lebert. "People (think) that a violin is so expensive, but fiddles are maybe not a big deal. Her current fiddle was given to her by a fan in Ontario named Bill Burnett. MacMaster's touring has reaped dividends. In early 2001, she plans to go back into the studio to record a new CD. ![]() MacMaster has a busy touring schedule that will keep her on the road through a New Year's Eve concert at Niagara Falls. John Chiasson will play bass for the Colorado shows, since Dymond's wife is expecting a baby. "I really enjoyed it."Īt her shows, MacMaster is backed by a band that includes John Dymond on bass, Steve O'Connor and Mac Morin on keyboards, Brad Davidge on guitar and Tom Roach on drums. "It was spectacular," she says of Telluride. At the Telluride Bluegrass Festival this year, she danced around the stage on one song with a member of her band. In concert, MacMaster is a dynamic performer, constantly moving with the music. MacMaster took lessons for three years, played her first concert when she was 10 and released her first record as a teenager in 1989. Other influences include Winston Fitzgerald and Arthur Muise. Her father, although he didn't play the instrument, was another influence, since he was very familiar with Celtic music and helped her with intonation when she practiced. Fiddling is in her genes her uncle, Buddy MacMaster, is an accomplished fiddler and was an early influence on Natalie's playing. MacMaster first picked up a fiddle when she was 9. You can go in anytime, day or night, and sit down and play." ![]() Before then, we never had a place to just go sit down and play tunes. "Lately, what's happened is there is a pub in Cape Breton called the Red Shoe where people play. "There are definitely a ton of young fiddlers up there," MacMaster says. ![]() The two took lessons together when they were younger, and have played together often.Ĭeltic musicians often play sessions to gether, usually for patrons at a local pub, as a way to improve their skills. MacMaster grew up five doors down from Ashley MacIsaac, another renowned fiddler. The 27-year-old MacMaster hails from the island of Cape Breton off Canada's Atlantic coast, a region steeped in Celtic musical tradition that has produced master fiddlers for decades. MacMaster was named Female Artist of the Year at Canada's East Coast Music Awards in 1999. She has also been named Fiddler of the Year four years running at the Canadian Country Music Awards, and this year also won the Best Collaboration Juno for "Get Me Through December," a track she recorded this year - have won Juno awards, the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy. Her last two records - 1999's "In My Hands" and "My Roots are Showing," released in Canada in 1998 and in the U.S. MacMaster, a Colorado favorite, performs in Denver, Colorado Springs and Durango over the next few days. I don't know whether I'll do it in the future, though. But we kept going with it, and the record company likes it. "And as it got closer to recording, I thought, no, let's not bother. "I used to take vocal lessons, and when we got ready to do this record, I thought to try and conjure something up for the live show," she told The Post. But she still prefers to let the fiddle be her main voice. 20, 2000 - Canadian fiddler Natalie MacMaster ventured into unknown territory Con her latest record, "In My Hands," singing for the first time on the title track. Where: Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall, Durango Tickets: $22, through Ticketmaster (30 or Where: Colorado Music Hall, Colorado Springs Where: Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place Natalie MacMaster will give three concerts in Colorado. ![]()
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