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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

WALLOWA LAKE — A special full scholarship is available for Wallowa County residents to attend the 12th annual Dulcimer Week in the Wallowas, a mountain dulcimer learning camp held at Wallowa Lake. The ...

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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – The fifth annual Jonesborough Dulcimer Days will look a little different as the COVID-19 pandemic has moved the week-long celebration of the Mountain Dulcimer online. “The ...

Press release from Dulcet Tone: A group of nine women, calling themselves Dulcet Tone, are bringing the sounds of the mountain dulcimer to residents at Givens Estates, the Asheville retirement ...