Shauncey Ali Quartet at Seman Violins

The Shauncey Ali Quartet captivates audiences with evocative melodies and daring arrangements that straddle the intersection of tradition and innovation. Artfully blending bluegrass, Celtic, and Nordic fiddle traditions with sensibilities influenced by pop and rock music, the ensemble challenges listeners with an experience that is virtuosic yet accessible, rooted in tradition yet unbound by convention.​ SAQ is hoping for their debut album "The Blue Hour” to be hot off the presses in time for their show at Seman Violins! The band features Shauncey Ali (fiddle), Nicholas Vanhaute (mandolin), Hans Holzen (acoustic guitar), and David Havas (upright bass).
Shauncey Ali has won the coveted RockyGrass fiddle competition, performed with Peter Gabriel at Summerfest, composed and recorded theme music for an Ambie-nominated podcast, and runs MadFiddle, his own fiddle school.