![]() ![]() Guests include Rhiannon Giddens (“Woman of the House”), Yo-Yo Ma (“So You Love”) Brian Finnegan (“Colour Theory”)-and, on “Choo Choo,” their 17-year-old daughter Mary Frances Leahy.Īll seven of their children have become essential components of the live show, which sells out performing arts centres across North America-especially leading up to the Christmas holidays. “Initially, we were reluctant to let the kids perform. ![]() Rock, pop, Latin and classical influences come to the fore on the new material of mostly original melodies. With a few challenges along the way, it was a delight from beginning to end.” As Donnell often said, ‘Let the music decide.’ So, we indulged in full musical freedom, throwing patterns of the past aside. There were no restrictions, rules, agendas, or considerations. Like an empty canvas, our minds were clear, open for the music that was about to flow. “One thing Donnell and I were given in 2020 was the space and time to be creative, think and focus, and find what was inside us. “Creativity comes when there is space for it,” says MacMaster. They approached it as a blank canvas, not bound by easy patterns or habits. A power couple was born.Ĭanvas is only their third album together. They were married in 2002, and their cumulative album sales topped one million. They are two of the world’s top Celtic fiddlers: she is a renowned, award-winning solo artist from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia he is from the legendary Leahy family of Ontario, an intergenerational musical act that toured the world. A blank canvas is full of possibilities-much like the partnership of Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, whose new album Canvas comes out on March 17, 2023. ![]()
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