Allan Dewar's piano playing gets a chance to shine here, too. Brad Davidge's guitar and John Chiasson's bass give this track a "plugged in" sound that make it almost seem like popular country. Natalie MacMaster plays the fiddle with dizzying accuracy and subtly jigs. "Flea As A Bird" is another MacMaster arrangement, this time incorporating "Flea as a Bird Clog", "Tribute to Stan Chapman Reel", "The Night We Had The Goats Reel" and "The Marquis of Tullybardine". John Chiasson's bass gives this piece a sturdy backbone.
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Suddenly, the piece erupts into something very exciting as MacMaster and Mac Issac play in perfect symmetry. I really like this track, which starts off sounding like it's going to be slow as Matt Mac Issac plays bagpipes. "NPG" is a somber sounding piece arranged by Natalie MacMaster and including "The Sunday Reel" by Bruce Gandy and "The Old Ladywood Reel" (Traditional). Out of all the supporting musicians, it's Eggleston I hear the most as the cello provides a deep string contrast to MacMaster's intricate fiddle playing. She plays the fiddle and is backed by Brad Davidge on guitar, John Chiasson on bass, Miche Pouliot on drums, Allan Dewar on piano, and Rushad Eggleston on cello. Natalie MacMaster wrote this piece, which is just brimming with energy and Celtic style. Yours Truly begins with an energetic six minute romp called "Volcanic Jig". Michael McDonald is a guest vocalist on "Danny Boy", one of my favorite songs to sing.
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There are, however, beautiful pictures of Natalie MacMaster and full personnel listings for each piece. As most of the tracks on this album are instrumentals, there are no printed lyrics included in the liner notes. I bought this album totally on a whim and had no idea what I was in for, other than MacMaster's masterful fiddle playing and perhaps the same eclectic style she demonstrated on In My Hands. With that in mind, I decided to buy Yours Truly (2006), an album MacMaster released just after the birth of her first child, Mary Frances Leahy. I ended up buying In My Hands, the 1999 album from which that song came from and really enjoyed it. Nova Scotia native Natalie MacMaster first popped up on my musical radar when I heard "Get Me Through December", her collaboration with fellow fiddle player and Rounder artist Alison Krauss.
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