Buddy MacMaster : the Judique fiddler /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 6 February, 2020 - 20:23

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

MacInnes, Sheldon,

Source:

[Wreck Cove, Nova Scotia] :, Canada, p.ix, 11-192 pages : (2018)

ISBN:

1926908589

Call Number:

ML418 M167

Keywords:

Biography., Fiddlers, Nova Scotia

Notes:

Place of publication from publisher's website.Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-192)."World renowned fiddler Buddy MacMaster grew up in Judique, Inverness County, Cape Breton Island. He played for square dances and concerts in Canada and the United States and Scotland, and became noted on television as part of John Allen Cameron's Cape Breton Symphony, receiving the Order of Canada, the Order of Nova Scotia, and honorary degrees. He kept alive the Gaelic-based music of giants like Bill Lamey, "Little" Jack MacDonald, Angus Chisholm and Mary MacDonald. This book keeps his legend alive. Sheldon MacInnes is the author of A journey in Celtic music, Cape Breton style."--