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 ...

SOUTH SHORE Nestled between the Ohio River and U.S. 23 sits a shed producing mountain dulcimers at the hands of Jeff Lambert. “All the sawdust work is done in here,” Lambert said, as he unlocked the ...

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 ...

LAKE BARRINGTON, Ill. -- Mark Grobner believes strongly in sharing the healing power of music with others because his own life was transformed by it in his darkest days. Now a chaplain at Advocate ...

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 ...

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 ...