Sunday, October 15th 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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 Tristan Clarridge on cello/vocals and Keith Murphy on
guitar/vocals.
Multi-instrumentalist, 5-time Grand National Fiddle Champion, and pioneering
cellist, Tristan Clarridge creatively synthesizes traditional folk influences with rhythmic
vocabulary from jazz, rock and pop music, and is leading a revolution among adventurous
young cellists throughout the USA and beyond. He has toured the world with bluegrass/nu-folk
sensation Crooked Still and Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings, as well as Mike Marshall, Bruce
Molsky and Cape Breton fiddle phenomenon Natalie MacMaster. Newfoundland-born guitarist
Keith Murphy began absorbing his native musical languages – folksongs, ballads and dance
music – from an early age. A proficient multi-instrumentalist, he has long applied considerable
energy to the rhythmic side of music, becoming a valued band member and highly sought-after
sideman on guitar, mandolin and foot percussion.
Together, the Hanneke Cassel Band creates a cutting-edge acoustic sound that retains the
integrity and spirit of the Scottish tradition.