LIMA — For Doug Berch, there was something magical about the dulcimer. “I don’t know what it is,” the then 22-year-old Berch told The Lima News on April 27, 1980, “but you can throw people with all ...

TAHLEQUAH -- Every year in May, the folks in Coshocton, Ohio, hold their "Dulcimer Days" celebration, dedicated to the stringed instrument best known for its use in Appalachian folk music. Strangely ...

In 1999, two years before the Appalachian Mountain Lap Dulcimer was declared the state instrument of Kentucky, Merwyn Jackson formed the Madison Dulcimers in Richmond. That was 25 years ago, a ...

Last summer while sheltering-in-place during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the woodworker retreated to his workshop outside his Damascus home to begin a journey of creating the traditional ...

Some of you are born musicians. Some of us are born to be your audience. Although I tooted the trumpet in my high school band, I was not “gifted.” My playing and performing days were numbered. No ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 25—Fairmont State University's Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center will host the Wartz 'n All Dulcimer Jam on ...

CONWAY — David and Donna Peterson of Greenbrier have been entertaining — and educating — people for more than 40 years with dance and music. They will continue that tradition at 6 p.m. March 8 at the ...

WANTAGE -- Her hands hovered over the mass of strings, thumbs and wrists working closely to flip the decorative wooden hammers onto the strings. As Donna Traylor played, Merle Tanis was making similar ...