Coig is the Cape Breton 'supergroup' that consists of Darren McMullen on guitar, mandolin, mandola, banjo, bouzouki, whistles, flute and vocals; Rachel Davis on fiddle, viola and vocals; Jason Roach on piano and Chrissy Crowley on fiddle and viola. They exemplify the Cape Breton style of fiddling.
Cape Breton was settled by transplanted Scots Highlanders, and their music is still much as one would have heard back in Scotland in the 1800's. In Scotland itself, there was an effort during that time to 'clean-up' fiddling and change to a more classical Lowland style that you can still hear today.
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