NEW ALBUM:  SILVER

 Silver, Cassel’s third solo release, ventures further into the contemporary world of Scottish and Cape Breton music.  Produced by Laura Risk and Hanneke Cassel, Silver features several new compositions, performed by Hanneke, cello phenom Rushad Eggleston, Nashville fiddle star Casey Driessen, Nightingale guitarist Keith Murphy, pianist Dave Wiesler, and many more.  Since her last recording, Some Melodious Sonnet (2004), Hanneke has done extensive touring…both in the United States and to countries all over the world.  Influences from China to New Zealand, along with grooves and musical innovations from the hip Boston bluegrass/Americana scene, fuse together to create a uniquely American approach to Celtic music in Hanneke’s playing.  She creates sounds on the cutting edge of the acoustic tradition, while retaining the integrity and soul of traditional Scottish music.

 Selected Press Quotes

 

“She is already a rising star in the Celtic skies…her musical ideas are savvy and sophisticated, but her throaty, gusting style is deeply banked in the Scottish and Cape Breton traditions.”                                                      - Boston Globe

 

“…elegant, graceful…Cassel’s tunes capture the mixture of sadness and hope found in much Scottish and Irish music and give it a fresh West coast spin.”

            -  Dirty Linen Magazine

 

“…the rhapsodic quality of Cassel’s ballads or slow airs evinces a soul’s fully expressed quest …Cassel’s rhythms are tenacious, and they weave through a set of reels with serpentine grace.”

-Boston Herald