For someone with a shelf full of awards, it’s special to be recognized by the people you still identify with. And for Natalie MacMaster, she’ll always be a Cape Bretoner. She’s been named the winner of an Honourary ECMA recipient of the Director’s Special Achievement Award. And she’ll be in Halifax to receive it during the event that is being held this week — the 35th Anniversary edition of the awards, festival, and conference. And she opens up about moving to Ontario 20 years ago, the power of music and purpose, her spirituality, and aging as a public figure (and the mom to seven children).
