The mountain dulcimer is a deceptively simple-looking instrument. Only about three feet long from tip to tip, with three strings and a neck full of frets, almost like a cross between a violin and ...
Jon Potrykus and Friends are set to play June 24 during Tuesday in the Park. PINCONNING, MI — The Pinconning and Linwood Area Chamber of Commerce kicks off its summer concert series at 7 p.m. today in ...
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More Fingers Than Strings

When Sam Edelston strolls onstage with a delicate three-string mountain dulcimer, audiences expect him to deliver quaint folk music. “Then I plug in, blast out ‘Smoke on the Water,’ and they go ‘Whoa, ...
HINDMAN, KY. — The heritage of handcrafted stringed instruments runs deep in this tiny Appalachian village (pop. 770) stretched along the banks of Troublesome Creek. The community has been known as ...