Rita MacNeil became a household name from the mid-1980s until her April 16, 2013 passing, with her best-known songs reaching ...

A Nashville-based in-demand singer-songwriter, a renowned master of the fiddle, a champion of local radio and a peaceful ballad about a secluded and picturesque locale — all having Cape Breton ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four decades ago, a Bostonian named Charles MacMaster sent a gift of four fiddles to his family back home in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He had good reason to ship those instruments to Maritime Canada: ...

Cape Breton Island, at the northeastern tip of Nova Scotia, was fought over by the French and the English: named by one, taken by the other. Its musical life got a big boost in the 18th century when ...