New Leaf Irish Band Irish Band from Northampton, MA

New Leaf is Kira Jewett on fiddle and Jim Bunting on guitar, vocals and bouzouki, usually with another melody player to round it out. Together they are a high-energy, technically accomplished trio with ties to some of the greats of the Irish tradition. They get little kids dancing to jigs and reels and their parents ordering another beer for a sing-a-long. They've been called “Pure Drop” by the late great Boston concert promoter Brian O’Donovan and were highly acclaimed guests at the Fleadh Nua traditional music festival in Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland in 2023. New Leaf regularly plays weddings (ceremony, cocktail hour or both), private parties, festivals and events, and concert series. Our latest peak moment was opening for the Young Dubliners!