Multi-platinum Canadian musician NATALIE MACMASTER has announced a November 1st release for her highly anticipated new album CAPE BRETON GIRL. Produced by NATALIE herself, CAPE BRETON GIRL is the seminal artists’ first studio release in 5 years and the first to be released through an exclusive partnership with eOne Music Canada.
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".
Wholly true to herself, NATALIE MACMASTER plays winningly unpretentious music. And by recording an album as a tribute to her home-grown roots, CAPE BRETON GIRL shows the real soul of NATALIE.
NATALIE MACMASTER: wife, mother of four and virtuoso Cape Breton fiddler. You know her more as the latter than the former; an electrifying performer whose passionate proficiency on the beloved four-string amplifies the traditional East Coast sound for contemporary times and has earned the reputation as one of Canada's most captivating performers.
It’s a signature sound that has resonated with world audiences through 10 albums, multiple gold sales figures and 27 years; numerous Juno and East Coast Music Awards; two honorary degrees (from Niagara University, NY, and Trent University) and an honorary doctorate (St. Thomas University); the Order Of Canada – and a reputation as one of Canada’s most captivating performers.
NATALIE MACMASTER maintains an active touring schedule performing 100 shows a year, sharing the stage with The Chieftains, Paul Simon, Faith Hill, Luciano Pavarotti and in front of millions on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, the ABC 2002 New Year’s Eve Special and Good Morning America. She has thrilled audiences throughout Europe and North America, especially in her native Canada, enabling MacMaster to passionately perform and promote the universal language of her Cape Breton sound.
NATALIE is also an author of a book, Natalie MacMaster's Cape Breton Aire - In the works for several years, this book is the story of a musical life and place. It is filled with Natalie’s story of the music that she has known since before she was born and takes the reader on a musical history journey. It features beautiful photos of Natalie’s beloved Cape Breton Island; its landscape and its people, taken by well respected photographer Eric Roth.