Latest Release!

Ashley MacIsaac - Live at the Savoy

Ashley MacIsaac Live at the Savoy, featuring Maybelle Chisholm McQueen. Recorded October 15, 2003
1. Miss Lyall's Strathspey/The Old King George Strathspey (with reels including Carigorm Broach)
2. The Boy's Lament for His Dragon and The Glencoe March Medley
3. Memories of Willie D Chisholm
4. Consititution Breakdown
5. Lame Malcolm
6. Tullochgorum Medley
7. B Flat Clogs and Reels
8. The Spin And Glow & The Squirrel in the Tree Jig Set
9. Listen to the Mockingbird Medley

"Until now there has been no recordings available that captured the dynamic energy of Ashley MacIsaac's live performances. The album includes some of MacIsaac's best known tunes, traditional favourites, and a few surprises."

Ashley's New Book!

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Fiddling With Disaster
(Clearing the Past)

Ashley MacIsaac with Francis Condron

"With dark humour and sometimes brutal honesty, Celtic musician Ashley MacIsaac tells of his rise from fiddle-playing prodigy in the village of Creignish, Cape Breton, to worldwide success with his unique mixture of traditional and contemporary sounds. "


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'Ashley MacIsaac'
- Featuring Ashley's vocal début - "Lay Me Down"

Special Guests Include:

  • Mary Jane Lamond
  • Dallas Smith from Default
  • Terry Radigan
  • Lara Gray &
  • Lisa Macisaac

1, Cello Song
2. Lay Me Down
3. Save Me From This Tomorrow
4. I Don't Need This
5. Grapes
6. To America We Go
7. Chorus Jig/The King's Reel
8. Wedding Funeral
9. Captain America
10. Mull of Kintyre
11. Bog and Login
12. This is My Father
13. Fairy Dance



a Cape Breton Christmas with Ashley MacIsaac
& Friends: Jeff MacDonald, Aurelie Cormier, Scott Macmillan, Jim Faraday and Alan MacKenzie
(reissue from Linus Entertainment)

Produced by Scott Macmillan

At last! The long hoped for re-release of the 1993 independent release! (see below)

1. Twas the Night Before Christmas
The Devil in the Kitchen Medley
2. Go Tell it on the Mountain
3. Away in the Manager
4. Il est No
5. Fiddle Medley: March of the Cameron
6. Children's Medley
7. Guin an Oidhach (Silent Night)
8. Christmas Jigs and Reels: Midnight
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
10. Auld Lang Syne Medley: Air, Strathspey & Reel and Traditional Reel



Fiddle Music 101! (reissue from Linus Entertainment)

A collection of traditional fiddle tunes that Ashley made with Celtic Guitarist David MacIsaac (no relation). A 'must have' for any complete Ashley MacIsaac collection!

1- mckinnon's marching tunes
2- the christmas carousing
3- the beauties of the ballroom
5- tunes in F
6- maxim's waltz (ashley macisaac)
7- tunes in A
8- jigs in A
9- jigs in D
10- reels



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Ashley MacIsaac and Howie MacDonald's 2001 release!
Cape Breton Fiddle Music NOT CALM

Dan MacDonald- Cape Breton Post
Ashley MacIsaac teams up with Howie MacDonald you CAN'T sit back .. buckle up your seatbelt and hang on.

"Two of Cape Breton's finest fiddlers team up for their first recording together..... Howie MacDonald and Ashley MacIsaac...and if that is NOT enough...it was recorded live with all the energy found in a typical Maritime Pub."

1. Ashley Intro
2. Old Time Wedding Reels Medley
3. Mockingbird Medley
4. Buttermilk Mary Medley
5. Constitution Breakdown Medley
6. River Bend/ Mason's Apron Medley
7. Tulloch Gorm Medley



The 1992 Debut Traditional Recording
Ashley MacIsaac - Close to the Floor
(reissue from Linus Entertainment)

1. Little House Around The Corner / Traditional Winston / Wandering Minstrel, The
2. 74th Highlanders / Roderick Macdonald / Sandy Cameron / Creignish Hills / Pipe Tune, A / Mary MacDonald, A
3. Hills Of Lorne / Sir Archibald Dunbar / Traditional / Pat Carney's / Scourdiness / Mrs. Duff
4. New Fiddle, The / Scotty's Favourite / 3 Mile Bridge / Champion
5. Miss Lyall's / Miss Lyall's / Sandy Cameron's / Carigoim Broach
6. Livingstone Pond / Long Point / Campion
7. Lament For Prophet / Moxham Castle / Children's Reel / Dublin Reel
8. Miss Elanor Stewart / Glen Grant / Miss Robertson / Donalbane
9. Blue Bonnets Over The Boarder
10. Irish Lasses / Cambridge / Aubry Foley's
11. Bonnie Anne Anderson / Headlight / Believe It Or Not / Mist Over The Loch



NOT AVAILABLE
Re-released (see above)
A Cape Breton Christmas
Now available with new cover art (see above)
1993 independent release in Nova Scotia only

FEATURING:
Ashley MacIsaac ...violin & piano
Scott Macmillan ...guitar and keyboard sequencing
Aurelie Cormier ...vocals
Jim Faraday ...percussion
Jeff MacDonald ...vocals
Alan Mackenzie ...pipes

Listen to Auld Lang Syne MP3

1. Medley
T'was the Night Before Christmas/The Devil in the Kitchen
...arranged by Ashley MacIsaac & Scott Macmillan
2. Go Tell it on the Mountain Macmillan
3. Away in a Manger
...traditional arrangement by Scott Macmillan
4. Il Est Ne
...traditional arrangement by Scott Macmillan
5. Fiddle Medley
The March of the Cameron Men/The Glencoe March/The Laddie With The Pladdie - Strathspey/Jenny Dang the Weaver Reel/Irish Reel/Irish Reel
6. Children's Medley
MacNabs Hornpipe (with Jingle Bell remix)
7. Ciuin an Oidach (Silent Night) /Reading From Luke:2(1-14)
...Franz Gruber, arranged by Scott Macmillan
8. (3:38) Christmas Jigs and Reels/Midnight Clearance Sale/The Three Dories
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
...traditional arrangement by Ashley MacIsaac & Scott Macmillan
10. Auld Lang Syne: Air, Strathspey & Reel and Traditional Reel



Hi® How Are You Today?
1. Beaton's Delight Strathspey
2. Sleepy Maggie
3. Rusty D-con-Struck-tion
4. Devil In The Kitchen, The
5. MacDougall's Pride
6. Spoonboy
7. What An Idiot He Is
8. Sophia's Pipes
9. Sad Wedding Day
10. Wing-Stock
11. Hills Of Glenorchy
12. Brenda Stubbert
Personnel: Ashley MacIsaac (vocals, fiddle, piano); Michael Phillip Wojewoda (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion); Mary Jane Lamond (vocals); Gordie Sampson (acoustic guitar); Gordie Johnson (electric guitar, guitar); Stuart Cameron (electric guitar)
Review: Alternative Press (10/96, p.93) - 4 (out of 5) - "...Ashley definitely likes to fiddle about, putting the (combat) boot to the old tunes....Even as he's messing with tradition--and most of the tunes here are traditional--he respects it and understands it..."


fine® thank you very much
(reissue from Linus Entertainment)

1. Rosebud Of Allenvale, The / Miller Of Drone, The / Dusky Meadow / Neil R. MacDonald / Maggie Cameron / MacLaine Of Loch Buie / Traditional Reel / Barry's Trip To Paris
2. Braes Of Elchies, The / Miss Anderson / New Yorr, The / Rothiemurchus Rant / Culloden Well / Lady Loudon / Bonnie Lass Of Fisherrow, The / Bird's Nest, The / Argyle Bowling Green
3. Moonlight, The / Hennessey's Hornpipe / Gin I Had A Bonnie Lass
4. Traditional Strathspey / New Bedford Reel / Pretty Peggy
5. Wilfred's Fiddle / Harbourview, The
6. Athole Cummers / Flora MacDonald / Prince Charlie
7. Lord Rothes / Traditional Strathspey / Braes Of Tullymet, The / Tullochgorum / Paresis / Paddy On The Turnpike / East Neuk Of Fife, The / West Mabour
8. King George IV / King George IV / Old King's Reel, The / King's Reel, The / Traditional Reel
9. Tam Bain's Lum / Ladie's Hornpipe, The
10. Space Available / Buddy MacMaster / Joys Of Mabou Mines, The / '38 Ford, The / Passion Flower
11. Traditional Jig / Traditional Reel
12. Allowa Kirk / Traditional Strathspey / Princess Royal / Douglas' Favourite
13. Jerry's Beaver Hat / Catherine MacIsaac Wedding Day / Long Point



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Helter's Celtic

1. Belle Cote
2. Fairy (Including Tulloch Gorm)
3. John Morrison
4. Gravel Walk
5. New Orleans
6. (...And More)

"Helter's Celtic" is Ashley MacIsaac's fourth album and second experimental release. Once again you can find Ashley pushing the boundaries of the fiddle and its role in music. Right of the bat MacIsaac launches into a fury of electronic loops with the track "Fairy." This album is a consistent mix of dance, traditional jigs, Hip-hop and electronica. There is a definite club potential here. It is
too soon to tell how the public will receive it but sonically speaking, it's an interesting listen.
~ CDplus


Compiliations and Other Recordings Ashley Appears On

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The Hanging Garden: Original Soundtrack:

Ashley as well as Mary Jane Lamond are featured on the soundtrack of this Canadian made movie.

"At the Toronto International Film Festival, audiences picked it as the most popular film... If Fitzgerald's head is in the clouds, his boots are planted firmly (and gleefully) on Nova Scotian soil. The soundtrack features music by such fine Maritimes artists as the Rankins, Ashley MacIsaac and Mary Jane Lamond.". from a review by Scott Rollans

Other artists featured on the soundtrack are:

Ani Difranco, Mae Moore, Spirit Of The West, Jane Siberry, Holly Cole, The Rankin Family, Mervyn Cadell/Mary Margaret O'Hara, Lori Yates, Deb Montgomery, Aether, Laurel MacDonald, John Roby, Leahy, Wyrd Sisters



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Picture Perfect Morning - Edie Brickell (this is the chick who sings 'Good Times' on the Windows98 CD)

Solo debut. Soul-pop. All words and music by Edie Brickell, also acoustic guitar. Produced by Paul Simon and Roy Halee. Appearances by Dr. John, Art and Cyril Neville, Barry White, David Bromberg, Michael Brecker, Dave Samuels, Paul Simon and violinist Ashley MacIsaac.



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Celtic Moods

1. Overture From Rob Boy - Carter Burwell
2. Theme From Harrys Game - Clannad
3. Samain Night - Loreena Mckennit
4. Only A Womans Heart - Mcevoy, Eleanor
5. Strange Boat - the Waterboys
6. Invisible To You - Mary Coughlan
7. Call To Dance Medley - Leahy
8. Gaelic Reels - Capercaillie
9. Sleepy Maggie - Ashley MacIsaac
10. Crib Of Perches/Carmel Mahoney - Matt Malloy
11. Blackbird - Sharon Shannon
12. Heroine - the Edge/Sinead O'Connor
13. No Frontier - Mary Black
14. the Island - Paul Brady
15. Caide Sin Don Te Sin - Altan
16. Ride On - Christy Moore
17. Woodbrook - Micheal O'Suilleabhain



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Celtic Tides

1 An Innis Aigh - The Chieftains & The Rankin Family
2 An Gabhar Ban - Clannad
3 Feel So Near - Dougie MacLean
4 Maid On The Shore, The - Solas
5 Both Sides The Tweed - Mary Black
6 An Grianan - Altan / Horse With A Heart - Altan
7 Birkin Tree, The - Old Blind Dogs
8 Caledonia - Dougie MacLean
9 E Horo - Mary Jane Lamond
10 Sleepy Maggie - Ashley Maclsaac/Mary Jane Lamond
11 Catharsis - Natalie MacMaster
12 Fear-Allabain - Capercaillie
13 Weep Not For The Memories - Seamus Egan



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Celtic Heartbeat Christmas

1 Na Hu O Ho - Fiona Kennedy
2 Snowy Path, The - Altan
3 Dream In The Night, A - Clannad
4 Snowy Birch Trees, The - Thomas Loefke
5 Maria Matrem Virginem - Anuna
6 Wexford Carol, The - Nightnoise
7 Night Before Christmas, (The Devil In The Kitchen) The - Ashley MacIsaac
8 No Sandman, No Santa - Brian Dunning
9 Winter, Fire And Snow - Benita Hill
1 Oiche Nollaig - Cormac Breatnach
11 Christmas Pipes - Celtia
12 Fairy Child - Declan Masterson
13 Oiche Chuain - Aine Minouge
14 Angels Are Singing - Anuna



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Celtic Colours International Festival
Cape Breton Island - the Road Home (1997)

1. Stepping Song (Mary Jane Lamond)
2. Jean's Reel (Natalie MacMaster)
3. Micho Russel's (Sharon Shannon)
4. Ailein Dunn (Capercaillie)MacIsaac)
6. Devil In The Kitchen (Buddy MacMaster)
7. Milling Set (Jamie MacInnis and Paul MacNeil)
8. Robert Stubbert Tribute (The Barra MacNeils)
9. Dans Les Prisons De Nantes (Marchand, Ornstein, Miron)
10. John Pellerine's (Jerry Holland)
11. MacDougall's Pride (Ashley MacIsaac)
12. It Ain't Funny (Pamela Morgan)
13. The Island (J.P. Cormier)
14. Pot Pourri (Barachois)
15. Crow Creek (The Critton Hollow String Band)
16. Dunkeld Hermitage (Alex Francis MacKay)



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Fire in the Kitchen

This recording happened more or less by accident while the Chieftains were visiting Canada. At the time, there were "no plans to make a Chieftains recording as such," Paddy Moloney explains in a short introductory note. Canadian musicians came by to visit, and there was a prolonged kitchen party--with the tapes rolling. The Chieftains become accompanists and producers for some very talented fiddlers (the Leahy family, Ashley MacIsaac, Natalie MacMaster), vocalists (the Rankins, Great Big Sea, Laura Smith, Rita MacNeil, Mary Jane Lamond, the Barra MacNeils family, and the Ennis Sisters), and others. With such a diverse cast, a variety of styles are explored and the quality is comparable with that of the Chieftains' own work. While songs like "My Bonnie" may be familiar, they get distinctive treatment from this crew. --Joe McLellan

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