What do you do with all the Christmas and Hanukah cards after the holiday season is over? I set mine aside with resolution to “deal
Category: Tunes and Techniques
It Ain’t Gonna’ Rain No More
Several weeks ago, a weekend television forecaster who was giving the weather report commented that several tropical depressions in the Atlantic looked like “globs of
Patriotic Song for Mountain Dulcimer
Recently I took an auto trip down the East coast from Boston to Louisiana. The landscape was lush and it really was a beautiful drive
The Manx Cat Song for Dulcimer
Every now and then I play a song on my mountain dulcimer that I just can’t get out of my head. And so I’ve been
An Irish Jig on dulcimer for St. Patrick’s Day
“Smash the Windows” is a lively jig to play on the mountain dulcimer. It is a traditional Irish dance tune with many variations and several
Cumberland Gap — Dulcimer Beginnings & Ralph Lee Smith
The dulcimer community lost an iconic mountain dulcimer player and historian when Ralph Lee Smith passed away in December. Ralph said that to play the
Dulcimer Jambalaya 