7/7/2023 0 Comments Porch flick stickOf fiddling, my 16th year of marriage, my 13th year of parenting. It is a moment during my 47th year of life, my 37th year Parenting, marriage, life, friendships, and music. It’ll be a moment of joyous appreciation inspired by years of Natalie’s describes the artist direction of the project “I have Natalie returns to the studio in 2019 to record a solo LP which will be co-produced by Donnell andįeature the performances of Tim Edey. Or that they would produce a large family and ensure their mantelpiece was jammed with JUNO andĮast Coast Music Awards while creating an inventory of achievements spanning the globe. They could not have predicted their merger would recast what contemporary musical success looks like. Indeed, when MacMaster and Leahy married in 2002 - both were already stars in their own right. Music, is almost as electrifying as hearing them play it. Their dazzling careers since childhood while cementing their status as Canada’s reigning couple of Celtic Hearing Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy speak reverentially about the fiddle, which has propelled It’s reminded me that there will always be a creative source for me to tap into.” I used to fear sometimes that I might run out of things to say in my songs, but I don’t feel that way after seeing how this album has affected people. “I’ve had a lot of younger people tell me that they relate to the experience of learning about yourself through someone else, and I’ve also had older folks tell me how it reminds them of when they were younger. “Just Like Leaving feels like a storybook of the things I went through when I was 18 and 19-each song is about a very specific feeling from my relationships during that time,” she says. “All of these songs came from processing my feelings right as I was experiencing certain things for the first time in my life.”Ĭurrently writing for her second album, White has already begun to see the impact of her debut’s exacting self-reflection. “I’m still quite young, but I was very young when I wrote this album,” says the Victoria, BC-based artist. On her debut album Just Like Leaving, White balances her old-soul musicality with a lyrical perspective that’s entirely of-the-moment, embracing an intense self-awareness as she documents her coming-of-age in real-time. Although she hails from the Canadian city of Calgary, the 22-year-old singer/multi-instrumentalist grew up on the classic country and old-time music she first discovered thanks to her father, a Virginia native who played in bluegrass bands all throughout her childhood. A truly original new voice in songwriting, Bella White creates an undeniable magic by mining the rare duality at the heart of her artistry.
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