I like Ashley and we’re friends.’ ”He’s also looking forward to sharing cyberspace with MacLellan — “As beautiful a singer and as tender a personality as you’d ever want to meet” — and Chaisson — “A smokin’ talent who plays the crap out of his music and is amazing” as well as hosting and performing with the up-and-coming Cape Breton group NicNeil.The five sisters in NicNeil have music in their DNA, as the daughters of one of Cape Breton’s finest pianists, Tracey Dares-MacNeil, and renowned piper Paul MacNeil, and MacIsaac considers them one of his home island’s top talents to watch.“I’ve known Tracey for years, and the MacNeils are just the sweetest, nicest, most talented family.
Every musician that's out there makes their living on live touring these days," he said.
Shreem) and guitarist Chris Babineau, as well as take part in a feat of editing he calls the “Ashley Three-Way” where he performs with himself.“Just picture me as Buddy MacMaster on the fiddle, me as Bill Stevenson on the keyboard, and me as a drunk fella at a bar in Cheticamp.”When asked whether the show will address the tragic events that took place last week in the heart of his home province, MacIsaac acknowledged it was “a very tumultuous time” for Nova Scotians and fellow Canadians, and that he was fully feeling how people have been affected by the April 19 shootings.He says viewers will hopefully find some solace in Jimmy Rankin performing “a pretty damn powerful” rendition of Farewell to Nova Scotia, which he feels will sum up what everyone’s feeling as well as anything could.“I’ve worn my Nova Scotia tartan scarf around for days,” says MacIsaac.
Write an email. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. FaceTime. We don’t have that in the country right now, I’ve been trying to pitch something like that to the CBC and other networks for 20 years now.”Currently, MacIssac is sticking with the “ceilidh” part of the show’s name and presenting a family-friendly mix of folk and traditional music. "It's pretty simple. "You can sit home in your underwear and watch the ceilidh. But he says on future episodes he’d like to branch out with guests on his want list like Jully Black or Classified, and he has also reached out to a past collaborator, world-renowned New York-based composer Philip Glass, to join in on a long-distance performance.For the April 1 show, MacIsaac added his contribution using a video camera from a location in Halifax, to give the presentation a professional veneer. Everything is coming together nicely.
"More and more Canadians are practicing what's called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated the importance of social distancing on Monday as he announced"By staying home, you can not only protect your health and that of those around you, but ensure that our health-care professionals and our health-care systems can focus on those who need their help.
Ashley MacIsaac and his friends are putting on a "quarantine ceilidh" for Canadians stuck in their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.A ceilidh — pronounced kay-lee — is a social event featuring Scottish and Irish folk music, traditional dancing and storytelling. But as he comes up with new shows, he’s finding more ways to keep people tuning in to what he plans to make a monthly online event.MacIsaac is well aware of the amount of entertainment that artists are streaming for free on a daily basis, but he’s hoping viewers will tune in to Quarantine Ceilidh for a unique entertainment experience with an appealing variety of musicians that also supports its performers.“Whether it’s being done on iPhones or not, putting together a program that’s worth five or six bucks makes sense to me,” says the fiddler. “People have literally paid $100 to see me play across the country, and they’ve paid $5 to see me in a pub in Cape Breton. Sorry you must be at least 19 years of age to consume this content.As a highly creative musician with energy and imagination to burn, self-isolation without an audience to entertain is severely cramping With no shows to play due to COVID-19 cancellations, the world-renowned Cape Breton fiddler wanted to do more than just play a few jigs and reels into his iPhone from his home in Windsor, Ont. 1 being least likely, and 10 being most likely
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the risk to the general population is low.However, for some, including Canadians aged 65 and over, those with compromised immune systems and those with pre-existing conditions, the illness can be much more severe.