Kinnon Beaton (born March 26, 1956) is a Canadian musician from

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. He is the son of

Donald Angus Beaton Donald Angus Beaton (1912–1981) was a Canadian blacksmith and a Cape Breton-style fiddler. Early life Beaton was the son of Angus R. Beaton (Aonghas Raonuill) and Annie Belle Campbell. Career Beaton performed traditional fiddle tunes, as w ...

and Elizabeth MacEachen. He plays the

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in the

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genre famous throughout

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. He has published a book of violin music The Beaton CollectionCranford Publishing
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1956 births People from Inverness County, Nova Scotia Canadian male violinists and fiddlers Musicians from Nova Scotia Cape Breton fiddlers Living people 21st-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers 21st-century Canadian male musicians {{Canada-musician-stub