Her local options were highly limited 20 years ago, so Vicki Gibboney picked up a pair of hammers — small ones — and went to work creating a new page in Aiken's music scene. The ...

The string instrument sounds like the child of a harp and guitar and seems to help listeners travel back to medieval times. Back in 1700s to mid-1800s, the dulcimer allowed young lovers to play duets ...

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 ...

Sam Edelston, a trailblazer in modern dulcimer music, brings his inventive sound to the stage on Friday, March 20, as part of The Folk Project's beloved Troubadour Acoustic Concert Series.

Dulcimers have quite a following with folks from Southwest Ohio. Sweet strains of folk ballads, classical music — even swinging country and rock ‘n’ roll tunes — can be played on the four-string ...

MADISON, AL (WAFF) - Mention the dulcimer and many thoughts focus on Appalachia: mountain music. It's been in this area for generations. But Jon W. Harris discovered it, oddly enough, on the Jersey ...

The Community Music School of Santa Cruz will hold the 10th annual Redwood Dulcimer Day to bring together those who play the dulcimer and to those who would like to learn. “It feels great,” said Janet ...

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 ...

Jody Webb, center, leads The Dulcimer Connection with Richard Palmer and Lori Ball at a recent practice session in Greenfield. GREENFIELD – Jody Webb has a favorite phrase whenever she introduces her ...

MCALLA, Alabama – The Appalachian dulcimer is an instrument with its roots in the early 19 th century and is still going strong to this day. Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park has been known to ...