Buddy MacMaster

Buddy MacMaster has been called "the dean of Cape Breton fiddlers." Although MacMaster was little known outside of Cape Breton, an island off the coast of Nova Scotia, until retiring as an agent operator from the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) in 1988, his subsequent tours of the United States and the United Kingdom, and his two albums -- Judique on the Floor in 1988 and Glencoe Hall in 1991 -- enabled him to share his waltzes, jigs, and reels with an international audience. Although MacMaster was born in Ontario, his life was profoundly influenced by the musical cultur...