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 audience instantly responded to the catchy melody. As Bill Robison plucked the notes of “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain,” his listeners started clapping to the rhythm emanating from his ...

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 ...

In the world of musical instruments, playing them is akin to advanced humming. Mountain dulcimers don't have a trumpet's flair or a flute's voice-above-the-crowd. Beethoven never even heard of them.

Expressions looks at one of the original American instruments--the mountain dulcimer The mountain dulcimer is a true American original and so is Bernd Krause, a luthier of over forty years who ...

Bob Mallalieu listened to the radio as he drove through Virginia about 10 years ago and heard an instrument that was new to him. He savored the sweet sound that filled his car. It wasn't until he ...

The 12th annual Pocono Winter Dulcimer Festival will gather dulcimer players from all over the country for two days of workshops and a concert. The popular festival is the creation of Pocono residents ...

WOODBURN, Ind. (WANE) — In Woodburn, a music store tucked away between the local post office and a salon houses a unique instrument that cannot be found just anywhere: a dulcimer. Although the ...