Ashley MacIsaac

Ashley MacIsaac is a Canadian professional fiddler from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards. One for Best New Solo Artist, the second for Best Instrumental Artist, and the third in 1996 for Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo. His 1995 album Hi™ How Are You Today? was a double-Platinum selling Canadian record.

His 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.

In 1997, MacIsaac toured the United States as an opening act for The Chieftains. In 1999, he released his 1999 album Helter's Celtic.

In 2005, MacIsaac formed a rock band with himself on lead vocals and guitar. In 2010, MacIsaac wrote a charity single, "Dreams", to benefit Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, a skier from Ghana who was the first Ghanaian athlete ever to compete in the Winter Olympics. MacIsaac also performed in the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.