The Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Players will offer demonstrations, styles of playing and hands on participation with the mountain dulcimer on Aug. 20 at the Humpback Rocks Farm, Milepost 5.8 of ...

MOUNT DORA — Some people have a way with words. Others communicate with music. Neal and Coleen Walters do both. For more than 30 years, the Greencastle, Pa., couple have been entertaining aud… ...

Carol Crocker has a dedicated music room in her house. There are several dulcimers, a piano and an organ, along with a shelf crammed with books and sheet music.

This weekend's arts happenings around Colorado include a dulcimer festival in Littleton and an exhibition of artifacts and memorabilia from 1968.

The Free Online Dictionary writes that a dulcimer, also called the Appalachian dulcimer and the mountain dulcimer, is, “A narrow, often hourglass-shaped stringed instrument having three or four ...

Listen. Hear that? It’s “In the Sweet By and By,” performed on the Appalachian mountain dulcimer. The musicians, members of Madison Dulcimers, harmonize together on Kentucky’s state ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - The list of qualifications for playing the mountain dulcimer is extremely short. In fact, there are none. Absolutely anyone can play the instrument, which is also called ...

Jean Ritchie, a daughter of Eastern Kentucky and "The Mother of Folk," who introduced mountain dulcimer music to the outside world, died Monday at her home in Berea. She was 92.

The church, at 2550 Old Dominion Road, now has 10-15 players show up for practices, Warnock said, noting that investments in instruments can vary widely, as a basic dulcimer can be acquired for ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The list of qualifications for playing the mountain dulcimer is extremely short. In fact, there are none. Absolutely anyone can play the instrument, which is also ...