Have you ever wanted to learn to play a stringed musical instrument or improve your musical abilities? The Corydon Dulcimer Society is offering this opportunity at a winter retreat workshop Friday, ...

As Benjamin Barker’s wooden hammers dance across the 125 strings of his dulcimer, classical melodies fill the sanctuary at St. George the Martyr Anglican Church in Simpsonville. At the same time, his ...

COLONIE — For 40 years they have gathered with their string wooden instruments to share conversation with one another and celebrate in song. The Dulcimer Association of Albany originated in 1985 to ...

Rick Thum in his booth at a folk music festival. Musician, luthier and businessman Rick Thum, who was named the most influential dulcimer player of the last decade by readers of Dulcimer Player News, ...

The music seems to spring from the earth, as if nurtured deep inside it. Every first Saturday, members of the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association gather in Tupelo from 10 a.m. to noon to create a ...

Just past midnight on the second day of the 2022 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention, dulcimer players Jan Hammond and Tyler Andal took the stage for a one-song playoff.

For those unfamiliar with the hammered dulcimer, let’s begin there. The hammered dulcimer is an ancient predecessor of the piano. While it can also be “plucked,” it is typically played by bouncing ...

BOONE — The sweet, melodic sounds of the mountain dulcimer will fill the air at the Jones House in Boone on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., as the Mountain Dulcimer Gathering (MDG) presents ...

WALLOWA LAKE — The 13th annual Dulcimer Week at Wallowa Lake is June 29 to July 5. “It’s a really sweet instrument, and it’s really easy to play,” said Heidi Muller, one of the hosts and director of ...