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Amazing debut....Natalie's first could be her best even today.
Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: 9 months after "discovering" Natalie and Cape Breton music I finally went ahead and bought Natalie's first release, Fit as a Fiddle. Like "My Roots are Showing", this CD sizzles with wonderful Cape Breton traditional music at its finest. Why does Natalie make this music leap out at you when so many have played it before?
I'm still trying to figure out why I've become so enamored with Cape Breton music and Natalie's fiddle--friends and family are equally puzzled.
To try to answer the question above, I think what Natalie brings to this music like few others have done before is this. Her love for both this music and the fiddle enable her to play with a passion and respect for the magic and true beauty that is Cape Breton Island music. The notes leap off her fiddle with love and a commitment to a style of music that Natalie seems determined to share with us knowing, like me, that the mere hearing of it will evoke a passion for it like her's. There is a confidence here too. Even at the tender young age she recorded this CD, you can feel even then that every note is played with a certainty that it is exactly the way it's supposed to sound. I'm amazed at how her music affects me, and I'm probably not alone!
As for this CD, her debut, it surprises and delights. You can hear the talent and the passion even then. Amazing...
fast fiddle!
Album Rating: (4 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: This is a nice CD if you like fiddle. Natalie has her own style that makes her rock! I think she is great on every CD that I have.
C.D. "Fit as a Fiddle" by Natalie McMaster
Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: If you like fiddle music by one of Canada's best, you will love this
Traditional Fiddling At Its Best
Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: I love the way Natalie MacMaster plays the fiddle, and this cd shows Natalie at her best. Except that hearing her live in concert really shows Natalie at her best. My wife and I have all of Natalie's cds and we rank her as probably our favorite artist of ANY genre. Although some of the more modern tunes that Natalie tries on her other cds are quite interesting, the traditional Cape Breton/Scottish fiddle tunes of "Fit as a Fiddle" show off her virtuoso style and complete command of the fiddle. The tunes are lovely and they make you want to dance, even if like me, you have two left feet. I love this cd!
Traditional Fiddling At Its Best
Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: I love the way Natalie MacMaster plays the fiddle, and this cd shows Natalie at her best. Except that hearing her live in concert really shows Natalie at her best. My wife and I have all of Natalie's cds and we rank her as probably our favorite artist of ANY genre. Although some of the more modern tunes that Natalie tries on her other cds are quite interesting, the traditional Cape Breton/Scottish fiddle tunes of "Fit as a Fiddle" show off her virtuoso style and complete command of the fiddle. The tunes are lovely and they make you want to dance, even if like me, you have two left feet. I love this cd!
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