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Cassie and Maggie MacDonald-CD-Fresh Heirs
10 Tracks of Great Music
cassieannemacdonald@gmail.com
www.cassieandmaggie.com
By John Gavin, Monday, April 23, 2012

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Cassie & Maggie MacDonald with roots in Antognish, N.S. born and living in Halifax, released their debut CD entitled FRESH HEIRS in early 2011 , and as a result the CD got an ECMA 2012 nomination for Roots Traditional Group Recording of The Year.

The sisters are a dynamic Celtic duo who have emerged onto the music scene as the ones to watch. The girls have been wowing audiences across Canada with their unique blend of original and traditional Celtic Music and their new CD is just that.

Cassie is an award winning highland and step dancer and also sings harmony for Maggie. Maggie plays piano, sings lead, plays guitar, banjo accordion and is also an accomplished stepdancer.

The CD blends all their music & dance together and is a gem to listen to. The CD contains 10 tracks and here are the selections:

Everything but the Kitchen Sink-Jigs To Start

Antognish Set-John & Anita's-For Corbin Frances

Stop, Drop and Reel-Marching For Miles

Memories of Garfield MacKenzie- IB Reel-Pipin' Tom

Musicians helping the girls on the CD are: Mark Currie, Greg Simm and Thomas Harrington.

Just great entertaining music on the CD and Atlantic Seabreeze gives this CD high ratings on its rating list. For more information regarding the girls and their music, refer to their website, address posted above.


www.AtlanticSeabreeze.com