He also has another traditional album called "Close to the Floor".

I have listened to Cape Breton fiddle music for many years, long before it was popular. (Beatons of Mabou, Scotty Fitzgerald; all those old timers) I must say that of all the traditional Cape Breton fiddlers I have listened to over the years, Ashley MacIsaac is the very best when he wants to play in a traditional style. His sense of timing is impeccable, and even when he is playing true Cape Breton fiddle music in that old Celtic style he still manages to do something different from everyone else.

I have seen him in concert and don't mind his new-fangled attempts. He also can play Cajun and Yiddish fiddle as well as anyone. His fiddle version of Stayin Alive and of Macho Man are worth hearing live.

You should know that in Canada he is somewhat of a character, what with his talk of his selling his soul to the devil and his sixteen year old boyfriend which caused him to lose a national award from a national magazine. A loose cannon indeed, but the best Cape Breton fiddler I've ever heard and a true eccentric. He is nobody's man but his own.