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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