LOGAN — Bing Futch knows it’s not every day folks see a mountain dulcimer — or hear one. This stringed instrument of his has a very distinctive sound, almost a bit hypnotic, Futch says. It certainly ...

Crocker, 65, is a classically trained musician who sings with the Piedmont Chamber Singers. She was introduced to the mountain dulcimer as a student in Western Carolina University’s music education ...

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 ...

Jean Ritchie, a daughter of Eastern Kentucky and "The Mother of Folk," who introduced mountain dulcimer music to the outside world, died Monday at her home in Berea. She was 92. In a performing career ...

The Friends of Cloudland Canyon will present a concert by the internationally-known mountain dulcimer soloist, Stephen Siefert on Friday, Oct. 4. Not only an exceptional dulcimer player, Stephen is ...

MOUNT DORA — For Ruth Harnden, no musical note can what’s emitted from one of America’s earliest musical instruments — the mountain or Appalachian dulcimer. “It produces a sweet, easy, acoustic sound, ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The list of qualifications for playing the mountain dulcimer is extremely short. In fact, there are none. Absolutely anyone can play the instrument, which is also called the ...

Jonesborough’s Dulcimer Week celebrates the role of the Appalachian mountain dulcimer in American life with seven days of dulcimer-infused performances, workshops and hands-on opportunities to ...

The mountain dulcimer is a deceptively simple-looking instrument. Only about three feet long from tip to tip, with three strings and a neck full of frets, almost like a cross between a violin and ...

Mountain dulcimer musician Heidi Muller performs with multi-instrumentalist Bob Webb at this year's Colorado Dulcimer Festival. This two-day gathering of dulcimer players and enthusiasts includes ...

Musicians gather for a workshop on Cajun music during a previous Old Time Music & Dulcimer Festival at the Museum for East Texas Culture in Palestine. (File photo) DANNY MOGLE, [email protected] ...