Twelve years, er, 20 years later little did she think her kids would be getting married, but anyway, so, then I got a phone call about, I dunno, seven years later. I was 19, first or second year of college, and it was Donnell, and he said Hi, you probably don't know me but my name is Donnell Leahy.

I was nominated for a Grammy and I've won some awards and stuff like that, so that's awesome, but the best part was meeting my husband, and I've actually known Donnell for probably 12 years now, and I'm going to get into a little bit of, I guess, how music brought us together, but I'm going to introduce you right now to my new husband as of October 5, Donnell Leahy.

And so, you know, Donnell and I are actually in the process of writing new pieces of music together that we can play, but we don't have any of those ready.

Natalie MacMaster and her musical partner Donnell Leahy play several tunes from the Cape Breton tradition a sprightly, soulful style of folk fiddling. It's an inspired collaboration that will have you clapping along.

Donnell Leahy Thank you. I'm kind of new to the TED experience and I'm glad to be here, but I'm just trying to put it all together, trying to figure all you people out, and I've been here for a short while, and I'm starting to understand a little bit better.