Mark O'Connor Brings 'An Appalachian Christmas' To NPR's 'Here and Now.' Listen Here: http://bit.ly/vTnLMp

"All Christmas Music Should Be Played So Elegantly On Violin" Boston Globe
 
Mark O'Connor's 'An Appalachian Christmas' rings in the holiday season with heaps of praise and, this week, hits #12 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart after last week‚s top 20 Billboard debuts on 3 charts (Bluegrass, Classical, Crossover). This week, he brought the multi-genre holiday collection to NPR's 'Here and Now,' and will soon be heard on WNYC's Soundcheck, eTown, and Performance Today.

Praise for 'An Appalachian Christmas':

"Elegant " - New York Times

„Heavenly‰ - Associated Press

„Bluegrass instrumentals and cosmopolitan crooners˜all paying their mountain dues‰ ˆ Wall Street Journal

"An absolute delight" ˆ American Songwriter

"Mark O'Connor is a maestro of many genres... [He] and his fiddle are in top form throughout" ˆ Metromix

„Lovely stuff from the fiddle virtuoso and his top-notch colleagues‰ ˆ Birmingham News

"Will leave goose bumps. Maybe even tears or a brief quiver" ˆ Ocala News


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