Ashley MacIsaac

Tom Cochrane, Pokey LaFarge, Kathleen Edwards, Sarah Harmer Join Festival of Small Halls 2024

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2024

Eastern and Southern Ontario's Festival of Small Halls is set to take over small-town venues across the province once again this fall, with...

Hillside Festival Gets Patrick Watson, Aysanabee, NOBRO, Bombino for 2024 Edition

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2024

Festival season is quickly approaching, and Guelph, ON's Hillside Festival is right on time to announce its 2024 edition, running July 19–21...

Guelph's Hillside Inside Gets Cadence Weapon, Basia Bulat, the Sadies for 2022 Virtual Edition

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2022

Guelph's Hillside Festival is heading back indoors for another edition of Hillside Inside, as the event continues to practice COVID safety...

Parallel Play: The Story of How '90s CanRock Blew Up in Detroit

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2020

For the millennials waiting to snatch a J Dilla picture disc or the latest Father John Misty 7-inch on Record Store Day 2015, it must have...

Ashley MacIsaac and Cape Breton's Finest

Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Edmonton AB, August 12

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2017

Making a name for himself in the 1990s, Maritime-based fiddler Ashley MacIsaac became a household name after several late-night talk show a...

Ashley MacIsaac

Crossover

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2011

Let's face it, the expectations for a new MacIsaac album are less than they once were. A self-destructive phase made the East coast star ta...

Ashley MacIsaac

Pride

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

True to his hellraiser status, MacIsaac confounds expectations by dropping his trademark fiddle and replacing them with some rock riffs and...

Ashley MacIsaac

Ashley MacIsaac

PUBLISHED May 1, 2003

MacIsaac's eponymous Decca release is a misguided attempt to recreate his stellar rock debut, Hi, How Are You Today? In theory this is a sm...