Her local options were highly limited 20 years ago, so Vicki Gibboney picked up a pair of hammers — small ones — and went to work creating a new page in Aiken's music scene. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Musicians at the Double Dulcimer Festival were playing two different versions of the folk instrument: the hammer type and the mountain version. What's the difference between the two? Jon W. Harris, ...

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, ...

Ninety-two-year-old Irene Radcliffe wasn't quite sure what she was looking at when she brought down a heavy wooden box from her attic. But she knew it was something special. Also a little puzzled was ...

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 ...

MUMBAI, October, 29, 2012 – Internationally acclaimed musician Max ZT joined Asia Society India Centre for a demonstration of the hammered dulcimer, while exploring the rich history of the instrument, ...