Prodigious fiddler Mark O Connor celebrates 50 years of music with memoir wfit.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wfit.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mark O'Connor about his memoir, Crossing Bridges, on his journey from multi-instrumentalist child prodigy to solo artist composing and performing on world stages.
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with musician Mark O'Connor about his memoir, Crossing Bridges, that recounts his journey from multi-instrumentalist child prodigy to world class fiddler.
Mark O’Connor emerged in the 1970s as a prodigy fiddler who won just about every contest he entered from age 12 on. That grounding in traditional music opened up into the most expansive and outlandishly accomplished career in the history of the violin, with major accomplishments and acclaim in bluegrass, country session playing, jazz, rock and classical music. The foundations of the story are now laid out in rich detail in the first volume of O’Connor’s memoir. He covers some of the highlights in a talk with Craig Havighurst.
Why bridges in Penarth and Barry have been painted with bright murals walesonline.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from walesonline.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.