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 ...

CENTERVILLE - These people do not need electronic equipment or expensive acoustics to make toe-tapping, knee-slapping music. There are no iPods, iPads, stereos or amplifiers here. It's just a circle ...

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 ...

Staff photo by Doug Strickland Musician Dan Landrum plays the hammer dulcimer on a rock in Suck Creek on Friday, June 12, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The hammer dulcimer is a precursor instrument to ...

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 ...

(WBIR-Gatlinburg) It's a musical instrument with a sound you'll never forget. The sweet music of the mountain dulcimer. It takes a steady hand and an artist's eye to create the musical instrument.

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 ...

Traditional music lovers will converge at the Midland County Fairgrounds this weekend for the 16th annual Midland Dulcimer Festival. "If you like traditional music, if you like dulcimer music, it is a ...

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 ...

Mar. 23—Some of the best dulcimer and old-time music artists from around the country will descend on Palestine to headline concerts and lead workshops at the 2023 Old Time Music and Dulcimer Festival.