Dave MacIsaac
{{short description|Canadian musician from Nova Scotia (born 1955)}}
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Dave MacIsaac (born 1955) is a Canadian musician from Nova Scotia who plays the fiddle and guitar, specialising in the Celtic music style.{{cite book|first=David |last=Orkin|title=Nova Scotia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX7zDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA30|date=5 March 2017|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-78477-040-2|pages=30–31}} He has two children, a daughter Mary Clare and a son named Angus.
Awards and recognition
- 1996: East Coast Music Awards - 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, Fiddle Music 101
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003408/http://www.dirtylinen.com/linen/feature/64ecma.html Dirty Linen: 1996 ECMA Awards]
- [https://archive.today/20100730001016/http://www.scott-macmillan.ca/albums/souls.html Dave MacIsaac and Scott Macmillan: Guitar Souls]
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Category:Canadian male violinists and fiddlers
Category:Musicians from Nova Scotia
Category:Canadian male guitarists
Category:21st-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers
Category:21st-century Canadian male musicians
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