Masses of dispossessed Scots Highlanders settled on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia in the early 19th century, and they brought their fiddles and bagpipes, their Gaelic songs and step dances with them and kept them alive. Now that telecommunications and transportation have reduced Cape Breton’s isolation, the rest of us are discovering the music – often through the island’s famous fiddlers like Ashley MacIsaac and Natalie MacMaster. (includes video and sound clips)