To most Americans, the hammered dulcimer is a new and unfamiliar instrument. Even people who know much about American music often confuse the hammered dulcimer with the three- or four-stringed ...

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, ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Hammered dulcimer player Keith Prairie will perform at the Oasis of Music ...

WINTER HAVEN | When Janet Howard heard the hammered dulcimer for the first time about two years ago at a talent show, she knew she had to learn more. At first it sounded kind of like a piano, but as ...

The hammered dulcimer is the George Harrison of the musical world. It's a super cool instrument with a unique voice, but almost always overlooked in favor of almost every other, cooler instrument.

Bill Spence --a master of the hammered dulcimer, a fixture in traditional music circles and husband of founding Old Songs director Andy Spence – died on Thursday. He was 78. On Friday, many in the ...

The Kindred Gather Dulcimer Festival will include another Arlington resident, who makes dulcimers in his retirement.