In the mountains of Western North Carolina, there’s a language that doesn’t need words. For Jerry Read Smith, learning to speak it has taken a lifetime. Smith has spent 51 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SOUTH SHORE Nestled between the Ohio River and U.S. 23 sits a shed producing mountain dulcimers at the hands of Jeff Lambert. "All ...

A group of students learn how to play the hammered dulcimer under the instruction of Chris Steiner at a church in Tipp City. A group of musicians are gathering in central Ohio this week to jam — but ...

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 ...

It's pretty common for a father to teach his son about the family business or even share the same talents and abilities. But it isn't every day you see a father-in-law and a son-in-law bonded by the ...

The musical instrument known as the dulcimer can come in various shapes including ones with curves resembling the female body, often along with heart-shaped sound holes, piquing the interest of ...

When our pioneer fore-fathers settled this area, they were used to dealing with tough clay sod, tilling the land, and planting corn and oats to eke out a living. They thought nothing of wiping sweat ...

ARLINGTON — An Arlington resident took over coordinating duties for the longest continuously running mountain dulcimer festival in the United States. In the process, she found a dulcimer maker right ...

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 July 1933, American business icon Henry Ford hosted a celebration for his 70th birthday. During the party, the Ford Model T inventor joined the band on stage for a few songs. It wasn’t just any ...