Take heart. Frustration isn’t the sole province of the modestly talented. Even the most gifted students of music can find themselves discouraged and adrift. “I can’t tell you how many times I was ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. Well … yes. And no. Nothing against fiddlers, but O’Connor ...

Calling Mark O’Connor a bluegrass fiddler is accurate, but it is woefully incomplete. The mostly Americana-centric violinist, who appears this Friday with his wife Maggie at Hopewell’s Beacon Theatre, ...