Ashley MacIsaac
| Ashley MacIsaac | |
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MacIsaac performing at the Burlington Sound of Music festival in 2010. Neil MacIntosh also pictured on drums.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac |
| Born |
February 24, 1975 Creignish, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Genres | Celtic fusion, folk, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Fiddle, vocals |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | A&M, RCA, Decca, Linus, Loggerhead |
| Website | ashleymacisaac |
Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian fiddler, singer and songwriter from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at the Juno Awards of 1996, and for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1997. His 1995 album Hi™ How Are You Today? was a double-platinum selling Canadian record. MacIsaac published an autobiography, Fiddling with Disaster in 2003.
MacIsaac was born in Creignish, Nova Scotia. His sister Lisa is also a fiddler, who has her own alternative country band, Madison Violet. She also appears on his album Helter's Celtic, which was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario.
His cousins Alexis MacIsaac, Wendy MacIsaac and Natalie MacMaster are also touring fiddlers. He is also a distant cousin of The White Stripes guitarist and lead vocalist Jack White. The two met and MacIsaac opened for The White Stripes concert in Glace Bay in 2007.
In 2007, MacIsaac married Andrew Stokes. They live in Windsor, Ontario.
MacIsaac's album Hi™ How Are You Today?, featuring the hit single "Sleepy Maggie", with vocals in Scottish Gaelic by Mary Jane Lamond was released in 1995. The album was a double-platinum selling Canadian record. It earned MacIsaac a 1996 Juno in the category Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo. During his early career, MacIsaac subtly acknowledged his sexual identity, sometimes wearing a set of rainbow flag freedom rings on a neck chain in promotional photos, but avoided explicitly coming out to the press. He officially came out in 1996 after Frank, a Canadian gossip magazine, published a cover story about his sexuality. In 1996, in a Maclean's interview, he claimed that he had discussed his sexual life, including his young boyfriend and a claimed fondness for watersports, in an interview with the LGBT newsmagazine The Advocate.The Advocate did not print any of the material, but Maclean's dropped him from its year-end honours list.
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