Natalie Macmaster & Donnell Leahy: A Celtic Family Christmas
One Of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia’s Most Important Exports And A Superstar In The Celtic Music World , Fiddler And Step-dancer Natalie Macmaster Has Built A Sterling, Multi-decade Career On Electrifying Playing And Must-see Live Performances
Date/Time: Nov 24 2022, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Vancouver, The Centre for Performing Arts | Event calendar777 Homer St
Tickets
Cost: $48.50
Find tickets: here
DISCOGRAPHY
Solo: Four On The Floor (1989); Road To The Isle (1991); Fit As A Fiddle (1993); A Compilation (1996); No Boundaries (1997); In My Hands feat. Alison Krauss (1999); My Roots Are Showing (2000); Live (2002); Blueprint (2003); Yours Truly (2006); Cape Breton Girl (2011).
Collaborations: Songs of Joy & Peace w/ Yo-Yo Ma (2008); A Christmas Gift to You w/ Johnny Reid (2013); One w/ Donnell Leahy (2015); A Celtic Family Christmas w/ Donnell Leahy (2016).
AWARDS & ACCOLDADES
Solo: JUNO Awards (seven nominations, win for Best Instrumental Album, In My Hands, 2000); 19 East Coast Music Awards; 5 Canadian Country Music Association Awards (as Fiddler of the Year from 1997 to 2001); multiple gold albums with overall sales exceeding 300,000; Member of Order of Canada (2006); GEMINI Award (Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series, 1999); Honorary Doctorates at School of Theology, Halifax, NS, Trent University, Peterborough and Niagara University in New York; Casino Nova Scotia Music Hall of Fame Induction (2016).
Collaborations: Grammy Awards (win for Best Chamber Music Performance, Songs of Joy & Peace w/ Yo-Yo Ma, 2010; nomination for Best Traditional Folk album, My Roots Are Showing, 2000); Canadian Folk Music Award (Instrumental Group of the Year 2015 w/ Donnell Leahy); East Coast Music Awards (Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year and Instrumental Recording of the Year 2016 w/ Donnell Leahy).
NOTABLE EPHEMERA
Has performed with Béla Fleck, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana, The Chieftains (who invited MacMaster to join the group), Sharon, Lois & Bram, Buddy MacMaster and Jesse Cook; is distantly related to fiddler Ashley MacIsaac and rocker Jack White; has a teaching degree and home-schools her children; is a published author (Natalie MacMaster’s Cape Breton Aire, 2010); sun sign Gemini; is an excellent cook who makes pasta sauce and salad dressing from scratch.
More info