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 ...

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 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 ...

Dulcimer musicians and music lovers will gather April 11 for performances and a jam‑concert inside the Capitol Rotunda in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ever heard a Tool or Nirvana song played on a dulcimer? Inventive musicians are always coming up with ways to perform creative cover versions of their favorite songs; Anthony "Bones" Reid is no ...

It's an instrument that has found its way on some truly iconic songs, but where did the dulcimer originate from? Read more ...

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 ...