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- Subject is exactly "Piano music--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island"
Ashcraft-Fraser House
Barbara MacDonald Magone is the composer of this happy reel. She plays it for us in her own beautiful style. Barbara is admired by musicians for her solo piano playing and her sensitivity when performing with others. She composed 'Ashcraft-Fraser…
Buddy MacMaster's
Cape Breton fiddle legend Mr. Buddy MacMaster gave this tune to our mutual friend, piano player Barbara MacDonald Magone. Barbara graciously passed it along to me when she recorded it for this collection in Portland, Maine, almost ten years ago.
Reel Bus, The
On this track we hear a lovely reel performed by its composer, Barbara MacDonald Magone. Barbara tells us in her own words below how the tune came to be: 'In the spring of 2005, the San Francisco Fiddle Club (of which I am a member) took a tour of…
Riverview Cabin A
Barbara MacDonald Magone composed this tune on a trip to one of the best-known and best-loved fiddle camps. She writes, 'This reel was written for the great cabin I inhabited (with many good musician friends) over the many years that I taught at the…