Buddy MacMaster

He performed and recorded both locally and internationally, and was regarded as an expert on the tradition and lore of Cape Breton fiddle music.MacMaster's father played the fiddle, but his mother sang to him from birth, lilting with a Gaelic inflection peculiar to the area.MacMaster continued to play nights at square dances across Nova Scotia,[3] while taking on a career as a station agent and telegrapher for the Canadian National Railway to support himself and his family.[6] He continued to play music of mainly Scottish origin, supplemented with traditional Cape Breton and Nova Scotia tunes, and gained an international reputation,[7] touring in Europe and the United States.[11] His son, Allan, was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in October 2009, representing the electoral district of Inverness as a Progressive Conservative.
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