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Biography
BLP sources|date=February 2010Infobox musical artist|image= | | name = Natalie MacMaster| image = Natalie MacMaster 2007.jpg| caption = Natalie MacMaster performing in Centralville, Massachusetts, 2007| image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Natalie Ann MacMaster| birth_date = birth date and age|1972|06|13| brth_place = Troy, Nova Scotia|Troy Nova Scotia , Canada | instrument = Violin , Backing vocals | genre = Cape Breton fiddle music | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1989–present| label = Rounder Records,| associated_acts = Buddy MacMaster Donnell Leahy | website = http://www.nataliemacmaster.com/ www.nataliemacmaster.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Natalie MacMaster , Order of Canada|CM (born June 13, 1972) is an award-winning fiddle r from the rural community of Troy, Nova Scotia|Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia|Inverness County , Nova Scotia , Canada who plays Cape Breton fiddle music .
MacMaster has toured with the Chieftains , Faith Hill , Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss , and has recorded with Yo-Yo Ma . She has appeared at the Celtic Colours festival in Cape Breton Island|Cape Breton , Celtic Connections in Scotland , and MerleFest in the United States .
Background
MacMaster is the daughter of Alex and Minnie (Beaton) MacMaster, and the niece of Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster . She is the sister of Kevin and David MacMaster. She is the cousin of two other Cape Breton fiddlers, Ashley MacIsaac and Andrea Beaton . She was born on June 13, 1972. In 2002, she married fiddler Donnell Leahy of the Leahy family band, and moved to Lakefield, Ontario . In 2011 she moved to Douro, where she built a new house. In December 2005, she gave birth to a daughter, Mary Frances Rose. Her second child, a son, Michael Joseph Alexander, was born in June 2007. In 2007, MacMaster learned she was related to Jack White (musician)|Jack White . http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php? nid=4549 Her third child, a daughter, Clare Marie, was born in February 2009. Her fourth child, another daughter, Julia Elizabeth, was born in January 2011.
MacMaster began playing the fiddle at the age of nine, and made her performing debut the same year at a square dance in Glencoe Mills , Nova Scotia. When she was sixteen she released her first album, Four on the Floor (Natalie MacMaster album)|Four on the Floor , and a second album, Road to the Isle , followed in 1991. Both of these self-produced albums were initially released only on cassette, but Rounder Records omitted a few tracks and re-released as A Compilation in 1998.
In recent years she has expanded her musical repertoire, mixing her Cape Breton Island|Cape Breton roots with music from Scotland and Ireland , as well as American Bluegrass music|bluegrass .
She has received a number of Canadian music awards, including several "Artist of the Year" awards from the East Coast Music Association , two Juno Award|Juno awards for best instrumental album, and "Fiddler of the Year" from the Canadian Country Music Association . MacMaster was also awarded an honorary doctorate from Niagara University in New York in 2006. In 2006, she was made a member of the Order of Canada .Cite web| title = Governor General to invest 41 recipients into the Order of Canada | work = The Governor General of Canada web site | date = May 2, 2007 | url = http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx? id=12442| accessdate = April 1, 2010
Discography
Albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of music recording sales certifications
CAN
US Grass
Four on the Floor
Release date: 1989
Label: Astro Custom Records
Road to the Isle
Release date: 1991
Label: Astro Custom Records
Fit as a Fiddle
Release date: 1993
Label: Rounder Records
Music Canada|CAN : Gold
A Compilation
Release date: 1996
Label: Rounder Records
No Boundaries
Release date: March 11, 1997
Label: Rounder Records
CAN: Gold
In My Hands
Release date: September 14, 1999
Label: Rounder Records
CAN: Gold
My Roots Are Showing
Release date: April 11, 2000
Label: Rounder Records
Live
Release date: June 4, 2002
Label: Rounder Records
Blueprint
Release date: September 9, 2003
Label: Rounder Records
Yours Truly
Release date: October 10, 2006
Label: Rounder Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles
Year
Single
Peak positions
Album
CAN AC
1996
—
No Boundaries
1997
—
Cookie Rankin )
1999
18
In My Hands
"Get Me Through December" (with Alison Krauss )
2004
—
Blueprint
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
1996
1997
Andrew MacNaughtan
Cookie Rankin )
1999
Christopher Mills
"Get Me Through December" (with Alison Krauss )
2004
Other appearances
Traditional Music From Cape Breton Island , Nimbus NI5383, 1993 (two tracks)
Celtic Colours & mdash; The Road Home , 1997 (one track)
Celtic Colours & mdash; The Second Wave , 1998 (one track)
Roots Music: An American Journey , Rounder 0501, 2001 (one track)
Songs for the Savoy , 2001 (one track)
Celtic Colours & mdash; The Colours of Cape Breton , 2002 (one track)
Celtic Colours & mdash; Volume VII , 2003 (one track)
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace; Songs:A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel; 2008 (Sony BMG)
Thomas Dolby: Amerikana EP , Songs: Toad Lickers and 17 Hills , 2010 (Lost Toy People, Inc)
References
External links
http://www.nataliemacmaster.com/ Natalie MacMaster official website
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/117 TED Talks: Natalie MacMaster fiddles in reel time at TED (conference)|TED in 2002
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/447 TED Talks: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy play the Cape Breton fiddle at TED (conference)|TED in 2003
Persondata | NAME =Macmaster, Natalie | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =June 13, 1972 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Macmaster, Natalie Category:1972 births Category:Canadian people of Scottish descent Category:Cape Breton fiddlers Category:Juno Award winners Category:Living people Category:Rounder Records artists Category:Members of the Order of Canada Category:Musicians from Nova Scotia Category:People from Inverness County, Nova Scotia Category:Canadian fiddlers
