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She performed two songs with the trio: "C-H-I-C-K-E-N" and "Grandpa's Farm". In 2004, MacMaster appeared on Sharon, Lois & Bram's 25th Anniversary Concert special titled " 25 Years of Skinnamarink" that aired on CBC on Januat 7:00pm. In recent years she has expanded her musical repertoire, mixing her Cape Breton roots with music from Scotland and Ireland, as well as American bluegrass. In 1999, she performed at the Juno Awards show in Hamilton. Both albums were initially released only on cassette, but Rounder Records omitted a few tracks and re-released as A Compilation in 1998. Her first album was self-produced, while her second was co-produced by John Morris Rankin ( The Rankin Family) and Tom O'Keefe (as per original cassette jacket). When she was sixteen she released her first album, Four on the Floor, and a second album, Road to the Isle, followed in 1991. MacMaster began playing the fiddle at the age of nine, and made her performing debut the same year at a square dance in Glencoe Mills, Nova Scotia. Leahy and MacMaster have seven children, and have performed and recorded together as a duo, and occasionally include their children, who also play fiddle, in their performances. In 2002, she married fiddler Donnell Leahy of the Leahy family band, and moved to Lakefield, Ontario. She is also distantly related to Jack White. She is the niece of the late renowned Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster and the cousin of two other fiddlers, Ashley MacIsaac and Andrea Beaton. Discover Alison Krauss & Natalie MacMaster's top songs & albums, curated artist radio stations & more. MacMaster is the daughter of Alex and Minnie (née Beaton) MacMaster and the sister of Kevin and David MacMaster. See also: List of number-one country albums of 2000 (U.S.MacMaster & Donnell Leahy performing together at the 2018 Burlington's Sound of Music Festival Lee Ann Womack featuring Sons of the Desert Kenny Rogers featuring Alison Krauss and Billy Dean See also: List of number-one country singles of 2000 (U.S.) and List of RPM number-one country singles of 2000 Singles released by American artists US In addition to agriculture- and farming-centric shows, a large programming block is devoted to classic country music television shows. December – RFD-TV, a cable network devoted to rural Americans culture, is launched.October 26 - Garth Brooks announces his retirement from touring during a party to celebrate his certification for sales of 100 million albums, at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center.The song is also the only #1 for Alison Krauss and Billy Dean, who are credited as guest vocalists. May 13 - Kenny Rogers makes chart history as " Buy Me a Rose" hits #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, making it not only his first #1 since his 1987 duet with Ronnie Milsap, " Make No Mistake, She's Mine", but also the oldest singer to have a #1 single until 2003 (Rogers was 61 at the time).March 10 - Vince Gill and Christian singer Amy Grant are married.
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While the song is not officially released as a single, the song stirs up controversy for its lyrics of how country pop is taking over traditional country music. March 7 - George Strait and Alan Jackson release " Murder on Music Row".The country-leaning "Amazed" - which had a brief run in the Hot 100 during the summer of 1999 - had been remixed for Top 40 radio, launching it to its run of pop-radio success. March 4 - " Amazed" by Lonestar becomes the first country song to have topped both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and the Billboard Hot 100 chart since the Kenny Rogers- Dolly Parton duet, " Islands In The Stream" in October 1983.6.3 Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees.6.2 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees.6.1 Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees.2.2 Singles released by Canadian artists.2.1 Singles released by American artists.