Both self taught, their earliest memories of performing include Lorraine playing autoharp, then banjo, then mandolin and, at 17, "I finally saw a dulcimer and I knew I had to have it.

She took up the Appalachian dulcimer because Richard Farina and Joni Mitchell played it. Then she picked up the banjo — and put it down again. “Around 1974, an old high school buddy of mine ...

You don’t generally see a lot of black banjo players. You know, the banjo is an African-derived instrument. It started as a gourd-based instrument that was brought over back in slavery days, and ...

Bibliography on American Folk Instruments . Overall view of a fancy banjo, ca 1928. Made by Bacon ... The Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer." Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin 18 (March 1952): 1-5.

There’s just something about a Appalachian dulcimer instrument…sound is so peaceful and calming. The word dulcimer actually means sweet song. So, when I play one, I feel pretty peaceful about ...

With that, the prog legend treats us to a bit of music on the dulcimer, one of several intriguing instruments included on ...

The dulcimer is extremely easy to learn, Creager said. Players do not need to know how to read music or have experience with other instruments. “I started at age 50,” said Creager, now 68 and ...

"The dulcimer is a fairly easy instrument to learn, as you play by finger numbering instead of notes. So now we have a way we both can enjoy music together." Mark, who is 77, says "you're never to ...

The water carried away dozens of historic instruments, including early examples of the hourglass-shaped dulcimer, developed and honed in Knott and Letcher counties in southeast Kentucky, and one ...