In 1999, two years before the Appalachian Mountain Lap Dulcimer was declared the state instrument of Kentucky, Merwyn Jackson formed the Madison Dulcimers in Richmond. That was 25 years ago, a ...

MOUNT AIRY -- As a child, Happy Allison watched his grandfather make and restore lap dulcimers. As a teenager, he helped the older man build a couple of guitars. Now, at 50, Allison plays the hammered ...

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 ...

CONWAY — David and Donna Peterson of Greenbrier have been entertaining — and educating — people for more than 40 years with dance and music. They will continue that tradition at 6 p.m. March 8 at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 25—Fairmont State University's Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center will host the Wartz 'n All Dulcimer Jam on ...

This weekend’s gathering of Tamarack’s premier instrument makers, music writers and performers sent the sounds of guitars, hammered dulcimers, lap dulcimers, bowed psalteries, flutes, harps, drums and ...

WANTAGE -- Her hands hovered over the mass of strings, thumbs and wrists working closely to flip the decorative wooden hammers onto the strings. As Donna Traylor played, Merle Tanis was making similar ...

Sam Edelston is a man on a mission. The Greenwich musician wants to make dulcimers as popular to the world as guitars, trumpets, pianos, harps, you name it. Dulcimers? ... Yes, dulcimers. Edelston ...