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Cape Breton Girl
(CD) Release Date: 2011
Recorded at Glenn Gould
Studios in Toronto, 'Cape Breton Girl' sees Natalie
return to her roots with a traditionally based album
which embodies the true Cape Breton sound.
Natalie explains:
"While there are other instruments on the recording,
it's the piano and fiddle, the core instruments of
Cape Breton music, that make up the bulk of the
sound on this recording"... |


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Natalie MacMaster's Cape Breton Aire
(Book) Release date: 2010
In the works for
several years, this book is the story of a musical
life and place. It takes the reader on a musical
history journey and features beautiful photos of
Natalie’s beloved Cape Breton Island; its landscape
and it’s people.
161-page hardcover
coffee table book.
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Yours
Truly
(CD) Release Date: 2006
Recorded in Halifax,
Kingston, Toronto and Calgary, "Yours Truly" is
Natalie's 10th release, co-produced with husband
Donnell Leahy.
It features a mix of
traditional and contemporary numbers as well as
several originals. The album also prominently
features Natalie's touring band and a variety of
international musicians... |


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Live in Cape Breton
(DVD)
Release Date: 2007
Recorded live in
October 2006 at the Celtic Colours International
Festival in Cape Breton with Bela Fleck, Carlos
Nunez and more... |


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Natalie & Buddy MacMaster
(CD)
Release Date: 2005
There is a cassette
tape I often listen to of uncle Buddy and John
Morris Rankin at the firehall in Mabou in 1986. It’s
not of studio quality as it was recorded on an old
cassette machine, but it is magic. I often play
along with it. It occurred to me one day that Buddy
and I should record some of those tunes together in
a studio... |



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Blueprint
(CD)
Release Date: 2003
Bluegrass and Celtic
music are close cousins, with shared roots dating
back several hundred years. Natalie has enlisted
some of the world's top bluegrass pickers-including
Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer and
Alison Brown for her latest album, BLUEPRINT. Also
featured on the album are some of Natalie's band
members; Brad Davidge and Matt MacIsaac along with several
Cape Bretoners... |


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Live
(CD) Release Date: 2002
LIVE is a double-CD,
featuring the full-band sound as well as the
traditional sounds of a Cape Breton square dance.
Disc one is representative of her high-powered, full
band, musically progressive show, which has a
reputation of bringing down houses no matter the
venue. This collection was culled from the live
recording of a concert at The Living Arts Center, in
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada... |


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In My Hands
(CD) Release Date: 1999
With its innovative
blend of old and new, In My Hands has been a big
success and was the start of a new stage in
Natalie's career. Natalie is accompanied by a host
of talented artists throughout the album including:
Irish accordion player Sharon Shannon, Holly Cole's
band, Mark O'Connor, Jesse Cook, Alison Krauss
and also features Natalie's debut as a lead vocalist
on her own innovative composition "In My Hands"... |


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My Roots Are Showing
(CD) Release Date: 1998
Recorded in December
1997, Natalie goes back to her roots, playing the
traditional music that first called her to pick up
the bow. The selections are divided up into
surprisingly long sets of five to seven Jigs, Reels,
Strathspeys, and Marches. Each set builds up an
irresistible head of steam, climaxing to a
breathless, pile driving conclusion. It is a
terrific example of the strength of the Cape Breton
fiddle tradition... |


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No Boundaries
(CD) Release Date: 1996
Early in 1996, Natalie
set about making a more progressive and varied
recording than she had ever made before. Included on
this recording are guest vocalists, Bruce Guthro,
Cookie Rankin and long-time musical friends Tracey
Dares, Howie MacDonald, Dave MacIsaac and many more.
This recording earned Natalie her first Juno
nomination and has gone Gold in Canada... |

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A Compilation
(CD) Release Date: 1996
In 1989, then only 16,
Natalie recorded her first album, "Four On The
Floor". Just two years later, she followed up with
"Road To The Isle". Both of these were only
available on cassette and went on to sell over
12,000 copies respectively, accomplished
without a record label or distribution.
Finally in 1996, highlights from both of these early
recordings were combined to form this remastered CD
release... |


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Fit As A Fiddle
(CD) Release Date: 1993
This is Natalie's first
recording released on CD and is full of lively and
fresh arrangements and includes many noteworthy
musicians. This is a traditionally based recording
which has stood the test of time like few others.
Recorded before her recording contracts were in
place and world wide touring schedules were in full
flight, this is still Cape Breton fiddle music in a
very basic but beautiful setting... |


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A Fiddle Lesson
(DVD)
A 70 minute long
intermediate level instructional video featuring
on-screen musical notation of grace notes and
bowing, close-up views of the fingerboard, personal
instruction of five tunes (a march, strathspey,
reel, jig, clog), performance of tunes at slow and
regular tempos and an 8-page booklet which includes
musical notation for grace notes, bowing and eight
traditional tunes. |
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