060: Jenna Moynihan
Good morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening.
On Wednesday, October 14th of 2020 music is not content. It’s connection.
Day in, day out we have to reckon with our surroundings and with the moment we’re in.
Losing Eddie Van Halen, listening in on a friend’s pre-pre-release party for her debut EP, wondering when (not if) my neighborhood is gonna burn down and all the while just loving all the new music I’m hearing all around me… everything is a reminder that the passing moments of our life are precious and definitely worth spending on something that lights you up.
Today we have a musician on the show who will do just that:
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Too often artists view tradition as a towering monolith to be either conquered or cowed by, but young Scottish fiddler and experimentalist Jenna Moynihan knows that tradition is meant to be a starting point for great inspiration, not a wall.
She just released a new EP called Five Songs, which you can get right now on bandcamp and all the streaming platforms.
She’s got a melodic touch that just slays me. And I’m a tough sell for the violin (as I mentioned to her). It was a real treat to speak with Jenna. She's remarkably subtle at drawing out the melody of a tune, and at recognizing how each tune fits best into the groove of her fiddle.
Jenna’s well on her way to becoming one of the best traditional fiddlers of her generation, teaching now at multiple fiddle camps across the US and touring internationally. She performs in a duo with Scottish harpist, Mairi Chaimbeul and has performed with The Milk Carton Kids, Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards Darol Anger & The Furies and as a soloist at Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops.
It’s an honor to have her on the show.
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Thanks for listening to Play It Like It’s Music. Thanks so much to Jenna Moynihan for spending some very generous time with us. You can find her music at Jenna Moynihan dot com. Her new EP is available for purchase now and you can also follow her on IG @jennamoynihan.
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Trevor
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