Ashley Macisaac

Mississauga, ON

Ashley MacIsaac is a traditionalist with a penchant for experimentation. His ability to cross the boundaries of folk, punk, garage rock, and metal, all bound together by his astonishing fiddle-playing, branded him as an eccentric, an upstart, and a pioneer. He is often remembered for lifting his kilt while performing live on Conan O’Brien, and coming ‘out’ in the media while his debut traditional album topped the international charts. Pride signifies a bold step in a new direction for Ashley MacIsaac. He has abandoned his trademark fiddle and has delivered a remarkable album, emerging as a singer-songwriter. Produced by Ron Lopata and John JK Kanakis, Pride’s collection of songs are lo-fi arrangements with distorted guitars that have more in common with Tom Waits, Nick Cave, and Beck than with the traditional Celtic influences of his previous recordings. Ashley MacIsaac is one of the top selling Canadian Roots artists in North America, toured with the Cheiftains and Phillip Glass, headlined festivals and has in excess of 200,000 albums in North America of his catalogue. Ashley will be on tour in the USA throughout 2006.