Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...

Sixteen-year-old Mia Orosco is a sweet, unassuming, pixie-like junior from Lorena with an affectionate presence. But when she takes the stage with her fiddle, man, can she produce a big, commanding ...

A couple of decades ago on a Christmas morning, our young grandson Sam opened the most desired of his gifts. His mom Michele and dad Scot, as well as Sharon and I were there to witness the event — me ...

I hate to confess this, but I've never been that keen on Stephane Grappelli's playing, as masterful and brilliant as he assuredly was. ("He plays with an accent," violinist and Berklee professor Rob ...

No music was ever sweeter to Odin Rathnam than the reunion with his lost 18th-century violin at the 20th Precinct station house early yesterday. “I feel like a new man; I haven’t been able to sleep ...

That was the first thing Kenneth Slowik said to me when I cornered him at the Smithsonian Castle last month. Slowik, artistic director of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, had just finished ...