Allie Bennett (Cape Breton)
Multi-instrumentalist Allie Bennett has toured Canada, the U.S., Britain, Sweden, Australia, and Germany and has over 100 album projects to his credit as a studio musician. He has worked with John Allan Cameron, Rita MacNeil, Valdy, Murray McLauchlan, The Rankin Family, The Barra MacNeils, Mary Jane Lamond, Natalie MacMaster, Bruce Guthro, Dave Gunning, Howie MacDonald, Ashley MacIsaac, Raylene Rankin, the late Stan Rogers, and many more.

Allie was Musical Director for the 1995 East Coast Music Awards. He was also band leader for the 1997 and 1998 editions of the Cape Breton Summertime Revue and the 2000 and 2001 productions of Howie's Celtic Brew. In 2003 he was Musical Director of The Rise And Follies Of Cape Breton - The Second Coming. In 2004, Allie released a fiddle album, his first solo project aptly titled "It's About Time", and is writing an instructional book on Cape Breton Fiddle. He lives in North Sydney, Nova Scotia where he operates a private music school teaching fiddle and guitar, as well as working as a studio and touring musician.

Website: http://www.alliebennett.ca

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