TAHLEQUAH -- Every year in May, the folks in Coshocton, Ohio, hold their "Dulcimer Days" celebration, dedicated to the stringed instrument best known for its use in Appalachian folk music. Strangely ...

Marvin Glueck of Oran, Missouri, fell in love with the dulcimer when he first heard one being played in Branson, Missouri, while on his honeymoon in 1980. It was then that he decided to learn to play.

Maylee Samuels has been playing the dulcimer for 30 years, and in advance of a local dulcimer St. Patrick's Day-themed workshop set for March 14, she offered me a lesson. "It's one of those things ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 23—Some of the best dulcimer and old-time music artists from around the country will descend on Palestine to headline ...

When Helen Bankston first heard the mountain dulcimer playing on the streets of Asheville, North Carolina, she couldn’t have imagined that she and four other Baton Rougeans would form a society ...

Asheville musician-composer Joshua Messick proves that Christmas music doesn’t always need vocals to spread cheer and wonder. Messick released his “Hammered Dulcimer Christmas, Vol II” on Nov. 12 and ...

A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, September 9, at the Parkway visitor center located at milepost 266 ...

One of the region’s liveliest and most heritage-focused events, the Shoals Dulcimer & Folk Music Festival, took place in Florence earlier this month.

Mountain dulcimer musician Heidi Muller performs with multi-instrumentalist Bob Webb at this year's Colorado Dulcimer Festival. This two-day gathering of dulcimer players and enthusiasts includes ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Hammered dulcimer player Keith Prairie will perform at the Oasis of Music ...

Men Without Hats made it very clear in 1982: you can, in fact, dance if you want to. Heck, you can even leave your non-dancing friends behind. What kind of friends are they anyway if they won’t get ...

Bill Spence --a master of the hammered dulcimer, a fixture in traditional music circles and husband of founding Old Songs director Andy Spence – died on Thursday. He was 78. On Friday, many in the ...