About Ashley MacIsaac
Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac is a Canadian musician, 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. He is also a cousin of the White Stripes guitarist and lead vocalist Jack White; MacIsaac and White's fathers are first cousins. Hi™ How Are You Today? was a double-platinum selling Canadian record and earned MacIsaac a 1996 Juno in the category Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo. In 1998 MacIsaac fought successfully to be independent of his record label.
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