NEWPORT — “The new face of Scottish fiddling in the USA,” (The Living Tradition), Katie McNally has made waves in both the American folk music scene and abroad since the release of her debut album, Flourish, in 2013.
Her latest project synthesizes her elegant and powerful fiddle playing with the talents of genre-crossing pianist Neil Pearlman and bluegrass phenom Shauncey Ali on viola.
The trio recently traveled to Cape Breton to record a brand-new album released in Fall 2016.
Under the guidance of producer Wendy MacIsaac (Beolach, Mary Jane Lamond), McNally has curated a collection of tunes that will draw inspiration from raw, mid-century recordings of Cape Breton fiddlers both in Nova Scotia and Massachusetts and be sculpted by the creative energy of the Boston acoustic music scene.
McNally, Pearlman and Ali will be performing at the Library Arts Center main gallery starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday with open seating. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 in advance and $20 at the door.
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