Hanneke Cassel Band at The Dance Hall – Kittery, ME

Effervescent and engaging, Boston-based fiddler Hanneke Cassel’s fiddle music fuses influences from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton with Americana grooves and musical innovations. She has performed and traveled across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Hanneke’s music is a blend of the contemporary and traditional, described by the Boston Globe as “exuberant and rhythmic, somehow wild and innocent, delivered with captivating melodic clarity and an irresistible playfulness.”

The Hanneke Cassel Band features Jenna Moynihan on 5-string fiddle and Keith Murphy on guitar/vocals. Jenna Moynihan is regarded as one of the best of the new generation of freestyle fiddlers. Versatile and inventive, her fiddling style draws strongly from the Scottish tradition, but is influenced by American, Irish, and Swedish styles. She has performed as a soloist with The Boston Pops, has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and CBS Sunday Morning, and has toured with The Milk Carton Kids and the Old Blind Dogs. An assistant professor at Berklee College of Music, Jenna performs as part of a duo with harpist Màiri Chaimbeul and is the regular fiddler for the Seamus Egan Project.

Newfoundland-born guitarist Keith Murphy is a rhythmic powerhouse on guitar and a traditional singer of rare finesse. A native of Newfoundland, he has lived in New England for many years where he has been an influential presence in the traditional music scene through his work with many respected bands, as a tune writer and as director of the Northern Roots Festival in Brattleboro, VT. He has four solo recordings of traditional songs, the most recent being Bright as Amber (2023).

Together, the Hanneke Cassel Band creates a cutting-edge acoustic sound that retains the integrity and spirit of the Scottish tradition.

$24 advance | $30 day-of | $18 student
*fees not included ($3 facility fee per ticket + cc processing fees)