New Leaf Irish Band

New Leaf is Kira Jewett on fiddle, Jacob Hagelberg on accordion, and Jim Bunting on guitar, vocals and bouzouki. 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.