Natalie MacMaster: Live
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DVD Cover Information
Artist: Natalie MacmasterDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Foreign Media Group
Movie Reviews of Natalie MacMaster: Live
Movie Review: Great show and wait'll you see the "bonus tracks"
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a given now that Public TV stations use edited versions of concerts during pledge marathons to entice their viewers to donate by then offering the full concert on DVD as a "thank you gift". Sometimes almost 50% is not shown on the broadcast. Well, it's not that bad with this DVD of the incredibly talented - not to mention really "cute" - fiddle player from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia - Natalie MacMaster.
Originally co-produced by New York's WLIW, in conjunction with Canadian TV and Netherlands TV, this was a "homecoming concert" for Natalie. It was recorded at the large auditorium in Cape Breton where she was born and raided. These shows always need "special guests" and this time she gets banjo extraordinaire Bela Fleck as well as her uncle, traditional fiddler Buddy MacMaster. Add in a brief appearance by her husband, Donal Leahy (and his sister too!) and it becomes a real family affair. At one point the whole Cape Breton Fiddle Association arrives on stage (at least 40 members) to back up Natalie.
The camera work and digital image are superb! Crystal clear!
And, oh yes, the "bonus tracks". The broadcast version was just under an hour. There are 6 more numbers that were cut out. Why? You've got me there. These are some of the shows BEST moments. Natalie tap dances solo to her drummer's beat on "Drum Solo" and Fleck (who duets with Natalie on one number in the broadcast) gets to do a nearly seven-minute solo that covers lots of banjo styles. (with a nod to Earl Scruggs and "the Beverly Hillbillies"!). These two "outtakes alone are reason to get the DVD.
I loved this DVD and so will you!
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
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