Dave MacIsaac (born 1955) is a

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

musician from

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...

who plays the

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

and

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

, specialising in the

Celtic music Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celts (modern), Celtic people of Northwestern Europe (the modern Celtic nations). It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and ...

style. He has two children, a daughter Mary Clare and a son named Angus.

Awards and recognition

*1996:

East Coast Music Award The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is a non-profit association purposed towards supporting the Music of Canada's Maritimes, music industry in the Canada, Canadian east coast, i.e., Atlantic Canada. The ECMA hosts the annual East Coast Music ...

s - winner: Male Artist of the Year; Instrumental Artist of the Year; Celtic Recording of the Year (''Nimble Fingers'') *2017: Honorary Doctorate from Cape Breton University

Discography

*1986 Celtic Guitar *1993: with Scott Macmillan, ''Guitar Souls'' *1995: ''Nimble Fingers'' *1999: ''From the Archives'' *2001: with

Ashley MacIsaac Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and actor from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at th ...

, ''Fiddle Music 101''

References

External links

Dirty Linen: 1996 ECMA Awards

1955 births Living people Canadian male violinists and fiddlers Canadian guitarists Musicians from Nova Scotia Cape Breton fiddlers Canadian male guitarists 21st-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers 21st-century Canadian male musicians {{Canada-guitarist-stub