Cascades of ringing notes as hundreds of strings are struck! Lively dance tunes, poignant slow airs, familiar hymns, and traditional melodies from far and near- that is the Striking Strings Hammered ...

Ted Yoder calls the hammered dulcimer "the love child of a drum set and a piano." "I get the best of both worlds," he said. Yoder will be in town Wednesday as part of the Up Close and Personal series, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LEWISTON — The many strings of the hammered dulcimer will ring though the ...

It's also challenging because Bergmann grew up playing music in the aural tradition of folk cultures. She grew up in Richfield and lives in Brady Lake. Her mother took up the dulcimer in her 30s, and ...

One of North America’s few professional hammered dulcimer players will perform a new concerto he composed for the Lake County Symphony Orchestra at its Dec. 8 concert. Charles Brown is the orchestra’s ...

Paul Babcock considers himself lazy. That might explain why the Long Beach resident still isn’t proficient in playing the dulcimer, despite being introduced to the instrument nearly six years ago.

The question is inevitable as soon as the band's name is printed in an event program -- just what is a hamjo, anyway? Music aficionado Sally Anderson smiles with amusement as she describes how the ...

Wendy Grethen first touched the strings of a mountain dulcimer at a fair 27 years ago. She learned to play the Appalachian-region American folk instrument as a child in Illinois -- then stopped ...