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oldest recorded mountain dulcimer songs
What is the oldest recorded mountain dulcimer song that anyone knows about? I know the Library of Congress has a lot but they can be hard to wade...
@David Bennett started 10 years ago - replies: 5
Working With Drones
I am often asked by folks about how they can get their noter drone playing sounding better. So I want to do a bit of myth busting and take a...
@Robin Clark started 10 years ago - replies: 21
The Lomax Kentucky Recordings
I've been on a quest to locate and compile old mountain dulcimer recording. Here's a few from the 1930s and 40s you can listen to:...
@David Bennett started 10 years ago - replies: 7
Effie and Addina Wilson
Bio http://lomaxky.omeka.net/exhibits/show/artistprofiles/wilson Has good photo of Effie with a zither, scheitholt or whatever you'd like to call...
@David Bennett started 10 years ago - replies: 2
Any Photos or Video from Halsway Manor Week?
Does anyone have any photos or video from the Halsway Manor week they'd like to share? Paul Crocker send me this photo of Stephen Seifert and me...
@Robin Clark started 10 years ago - replies: 0
Substitute for a turkey quill?
Hi everyone. Recently on Fotmd videos i watched John Henry play Pretty Betty Martin using a turkey quill. I liked this unique old-fashioned sound...
@John W. McKinstry started 10 years ago - replies: 3
Stopping the Stupid Look. Basics for Jam?
My techie sons tell me that ELI5 means "Explain it like I'm Five years old" and I need some dulcimer help at that level. I recently went to a...
@Ellen Rice started 10 years ago - replies: 8
Josiah Combs
Don't know if this has been mentioned on here before; I couldn't find anything about it. Here's a link to pamphlet by Josiah Combs about the...
@Rob N Lackey started 10 years ago - replies: 6
remembering Jean Ritchie- Smithsonian Folkways
http://www.folkways.si.edu/remembering-jean-ritchie/music/playlist/smithsonian
@Robin Thompson started 10 years ago - replies: 4
Dulcimer Discovery Workshop Experiment
Hi everyone, A dulcimer student of mine is a children's librarian and she asked me to do a month's long,a 4 session introduction to the Mt....
@John W. McKinstry started 10 years ago - replies: 0