Ashley MacIsaac

Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac ( born February 24, 1975 in Creignish on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada ) is a Canadian violinist and rock musician. His style includes not only traditional folk pieces, but he mixed in his plays often traditional violin with elements of rock music, hip- hop and dance. His greatest success was in 1995 Sleepy Maggie from the album Hi ™ How Are You Today? , In which Mary Jane Lamond took over the Gaelic vocals.

Career

Even as a youth learned MacIsaac of his uncle, the renowned violinist Buddy MacMaster (see also: Traditional Music of Cape Breton ), traditional Scottish fiddle playing. 1996 MacIsaac played before the Chieftains during their U.S. tour. Around 1998 Ashley MacIsaac fought for the independence of his record label and was released by Universal Music. He then signed a contract with the independent label Loggerhead Records for his 1999 released album Helter 's Celtic.

December 31, 1999 MacIsaac offered once again represents a controversial appearance at a show in Halifax, which consisted solely of a 20-minute tirade with many curses and various racist statements, one of which turned out later that they were meant ironically. A few days later, MacIsaac was so involved in an over the media marked by acrimony with Loggerhead Records after the label had issued a press statement in which it distanced itself from the actions MacIsaacs.

In 2000, MacIsaac told the Halifax Chronicle Herald that he was just before the declaration of bankruptcy; A few days later he retracted this statement, however. However, some months later, he told his bankruptcy.

2003 allegations against MacIsaac were again out loud, he had expressed racist on stage. In a speech he accused an Asian woman in the audience of spreading SARS. He then explained that the statement was intended as an irony on racism and sued the Ottawa Citizen newspaper because of their representation of his person as a racist because of those comments, although he had so turned against racial profiling, which at the time was carried out in Canada.

2005 MacIsaac suggested a new direction and signed a contract with Linus Entertainment. He formed a rock band in which he took over the vocals and played guitar. He also informed that he was interested in politics and announced in a letter to the National Post that he was studying constitutional law in order to get access to the Canadian policy.

In the issue of 20 March 2006 MacIsaac said in the Halifax Daily News with his candidacy for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. Some Canadian journalists suspected behind promote his new CD Pride, which was released a day after MacIsaacs Policy. MacIsaac said that he wanted to pursue the candidacy seriously, but finished on 21 June 2006 the project. However, he joined future attempts not. As reasons for his retreat he gave to lack of knowledge of French and his consideration of the plans of other leading candidates for foreign policy.

Trivia

  • On February 18, 2007 MacIsaac married under a performance at the Cape Breton Island his friend Andrew Stokes. The pair played together after a Jig.
  • Ashley's sister Lisa is also a violinist and singer and has worked on the album Helter 's Celtic. It is part of the duo Madison Violet. His cousin Alexis MacIsaac and his cousins ​​Wendy MacIsaac and Natalie MacMaster are also violinists.
  • In the manga series Bleach author Tite Kubo assigns the main characters as the theme song to that match their personality. MacIsaacs Wings Tock was assigned to the character Rukia Kuchiki.
  • Ashley MacIsaac 's second cousin by guitarist and singer of the band The White Stripes, Jack White. MacIsaac opened a concert of the band in Glace Bay.

Filmography

  • The Hanging Garden (1997)
  • Power Play (TV series, one episode, 1999)
  • New Waterford Girl ( 1999)
  • Nabbie no koi (1999)
  • Marion Bridge (2002)
  • Life and Times (2005)

Discography

  • Close to the Floor (1992 )
  • A Cape Breton Christmas (1993 )
  • Hi ™ How Are You Today? (1995)
  • Fine ®, Thank You Very Much ( 1996)
  • Helter 's Celtic (1999)
  • CapebretonfiddlemusicNOTCALM (2001)
  • Ashley MacIsaac (2003)
  • Fiddle Music 101 (2005)
  • Pride ( 2006)

MacIsaac has 2003 also published his autobiography, Fiddling with Disaster.

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