Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
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Alasdair Fraser is one of Scotland's most influential tradition-rooted fiddlers. After emigrating to California in the 1980s, he became a two-time winner of the open competition of the Scottish National Fiddle Championship. He has since spent his career studying and expanding the musical traditions of his homeland through various performances, solo albums, and highly regarded collaborations. In the early 2000s, Fraser and American cellist Natalie Haas formed a musical partnership that yielded critically acclaimed albums like 2004's Scots Trad Award-winning Fire and Grace, 2011's Highlander's Farewell, and 2017's Ports of Call.