Braids of Song: Weaving Welsh Music into the American Soul

Memoir of four musicians who left Wales to pursue their art in the USA: composers Joseph Parry and Daniel Protheroe, pianist Marie Novello and the author herself. It is written in a blend of literary styles, from creative non—fiction essays to dramatic monologues and letters, all laced together with songs and poems – both found and original – into a grand concert of tales. These overlap and interweave in time to show what it is to be an immigrant with a creative soul in the vast land of opp...