It’s hard not to be charmed by the first image in Noelle Micarelli’s submission to NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest: a miniature mountain dulcimer sitting on a truly tiny desk, beside a small porcelain ...

Sam Edelston, a trailblazer in modern dulcimer music, brings his inventive sound to the stage on Friday, March 20, as part of The Folk Project's beloved Troubadour Acoustic Concert Series.

Ever heard a Tool or Nirvana song played on a dulcimer? Inventive musicians are always coming up with ways to perform creative cover versions of their favorite songs; Anthony "Bones" Reid is no ...

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.

Maylee Samuels has been playing the dulcimer for 30 years, and in advance of a local dulcimer St. Patrick's Day-themed workshop set for March 14, she offered me a lesson. "It's one of those things ...

Dulcimers have quite a following with folks from Southwest Ohio. Sweet strains of folk ballads, classical music — even swinging country and rock ‘n’ roll tunes — can be played on the four-string ...

Music professor at Ohio State University, founder/director of the Great Black Swamp Dulcimer Festival from 1979-1992. Collection contains audio and visual dulcimer music materials and printed dulcimer ...

The Mainstay in Rock Hall will welcome the Ken and Brad Kolodner Quartet this Saturday evening for a performance that celebrates the deep traditions and lively spirit of American roots music. The Ken ...

The Central Indiana Folk Music and Mountain Dulcimer Society was founded in 1971. Myra Dworski introduced me to the group when I moved to Indianapolis in 1983. The range of players included Autoharp, ...

GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) - When Ted Yoder went live on Facebook Aug. 24, he never fathomed that millions of people would watch it. “It’s just a silly pop song,” Yoder, 44, said in his backyard orchard ...

The dulcimer is a musical instrument that few people expect to hear at a rock concert. But as he has demonstrated for the past 30 years, Bruce Hornsby has little use for what people expect. Though ...