Natalie MacMaster (b. June 13, 1972) is an award-winning fiddler from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

MacMaster is one of the best-known musicians in the tradition of Cape Breton fiddle music. She began playing the fiddle at the age of 9, and made her performing debut the same year at a square dance in Glencoe Mills, Nova Scotia. She has made a highly successful career as a touring musician, travelling to Europe and Asia and doing as many as 250 shows in a year. She has toured with many famous performers, including the Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss. She has appeared at many music festivals worldwide, including the Celtic Colours festival in Cape Breton, Celtic Connections in Scotland, and MerleFest in the United States.

When she was 16 she released her first album, Four on the Floor. She released her second album, Road to the Isle, in 1991. Both of these self-produced albums were released only on cassette, but they were re-released as A Compilation (with a few tracks omitted) by Rounder Records in 1998. Natalie's other albums include Fit as a Fiddle (1993), No Boundaries (1996), the Grammy-nominated My Roots are Showing (1998), In My Hands (1999), Live (2002), Blueprint (2004), and Traditional Music from Cape Breton Island (with Buddy MacMaster, 2005).

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