Natalie Macmaster News

A two-day celebration of Americana and folk music will come to the Santa Monica Pier this weekend.

When Natalie MacMaster walks on stage, anything can happen. As she and husband, Donnell Leahy, neared the end of their TED Conference segment a few years back, the chirpy host announced a delay.

About a month ago I talked about a new CD from Kim Dunn, a Northside native who I described as "one of the hardest working sidemen in the business." For someone planning a tour around Eastern Canada, , Kim would be one of the first choices for your pianist.

Also kicking off this new musical tradition are Nanci Griffith, Bruce Cockburn, Natalie MacMaster, Richard Thompson, David Lindley, David Bromberg & the Angel Band, Jimmy LaFave, Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, The Woody Guthrie Tribute , The Refugees and Stonehoney SANTA MONICA, Calif.

Live music and more, tonight through Thursday, compiled by Shaun Brady, Tom Di Nardo, James Johnson, Sara Sherr and Jonathan Takiff.

Kicking off this new musical tradition are Nanci Griffith, Bruce Cockburn, Natalie MacMaster, Richard Thompson, David Lindley, David Bromberg & the Angel Band, Jimmy LaFave, Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves, Joel Rafael, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, The Woody Guthrie Tribute , The Refugees and Stonehoney SANTA MONICA, Calif.

Just four weeks ago, fiddler Natalie MacMaster gave birth to her third child, Clare.

St. Patrick's Day arrives Tuesday, March 17, but the Irish music arrives early and often in northern Vermont.

Over the last decade, fiddler extraordinaire Natalie MacMaster has gone from the dance halls and traditional Scots-Irish music ceilidhs of her Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to critical acclaim on folk, world and ...

The Bee Eaters play Saturday at the Blackstone River Theatre in Cumberland. All still in their 20s, the Massachusetts-based Bee Eaters are making a nationwide splash in the new acoustic scene, using old-school ...

Clap and stomp the night away with Natalie MacMaster as she brings her fiddle and Celtic-inspired holiday music to Benaroya Hall on Tuesday, December 16, at 7:30 p.m. MacMaster will be joined onstage by pianist ...