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 ...

Listen. Hear that? It’s “In the Sweet By and By,” performed on the Appalachian mountain dulcimer. The musicians, members of Madison Dulcimers, harmonize together on Kentucky’s state 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 ...

FREMONT - About a decade ago, a friend gave Pat Rife, of Clyde, a dulcimer as a gift. Today, that gift has overflowed into the lives of many others who have learned to play the instrument. For the ...

Newbies and old hands at dulcimer playing flocked to the Perkins building on the EKU campus Saturday for a dulcimer festival, celebrating all things dulcimer. The mountain dulcimer, for the ...

Beginners will learn basic strumming and songs in a session scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Intermediate and advanced players will meet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The workshop will include ...