"The Violin Conspiracy," by Brendan Slocumb (Anchor, 352 pages, $28) When I opened Brendan Slocumb’s debut novel “The Violin Conspiracy,” I was immediately transported to a place I’d never been ...
SYMPATHETIC STRINGS highlights the fiddle makers, musicians, dancers and apprentices who have formed an ardent, close-knit community of folk tradition practice around Norway’s beloved national ...