Wendy Grethen first touched the strings of a mountain dulcimer at a fair 27 years ago. She learned to play the Appalachian-region American folk instrument as a child in Illinois -- then stopped ...

A free mountain dulcimer workshop is scheduled to take place in Bishop Hill. Mike Anderson, known as the Dulcimer Guy, will lead the event at the Dairy Building, located at 410 North Erickson Street, ...

It was weeks before Doug Naselroad could bring himself to set foot inside the Museum of the Mountain Dulcimer in Hindman, Ky. He knew the space all too well, having co-curated its exhibits, and had ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boone, Hubert. "De Hommel in de Lage Landen." Brussels Museum of Musical Instruments Bulletin 5 (1975): 9-153. Bryan, Charles Faulkner. "The Hammered Dulcimer." Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin 18 ...

Flat Mountain Dulcimers will be performing at R.A. Fountain General Store’s final show for the season at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The trio, a favorite at R.A. Fountain, includes Nancy Galambush and Dave ...

The soft thrum of thin strings flowed out of the Kansas Room as patrons and staff celebrated Kansas Day at the Hutchinson Public Library on Saturday. Patrons heard Daniel Kelley's "Home on the Range" ...

First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Rochester is hosting a concert by a local mountain dulcimer group, the River Strings of St. Clair County. The 7 p.m. Friday, May 30 concert will ...