Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45951 in Music
• Released on: 2003-11-04
• Number of discs: 1

From Amazon.com
The Chieftains have repeatedly explored the Celtic roots of North American bluegrass and old-timey music and now this fleet-fingered, Juno Award (Canada's equivalent of a Grammy)-winning Cape Breton fiddler has done the same. It's not much of a stretch--after all, Appalachia's Scots-Irish population and Cape Breton's Scottish settlers are cousins from afar. While the former were land locked for decades, their Canadian counterparts were isolated by island life. This explains how both cultures became unwitting repositories of folkways long obsolete in Scotland and Ireland. MacMaster's playing, while extraordinary, is nonetheless fairly typical of the style she grew up with, featuring emphatic, slashing rhythms and a ringing, florid tone. As on her previous albums, she has incorporated some engagingly puckish modern twists (notably on "Touch of the Master's Hand") with no loss of focus. An impressive roster of bluegrass luminaries, such as Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, and Alison Brown, sit in. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

Master hands
Truly an amazing CD, a must for anyone that love more the traditional style of fiddle. This CD, has the influence of Jazz performer like the famous Bela Fleck. What an incredible experience!! Compare to other MacMaster cd's, this is really one of her best album. The sound of the fiddle is really rich, she plays a LePage (famous PEI luthier) violin (stradivarius style). ENJOY!