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 ...

IRONTON A hammered dulcimer champion will open the Ironton Council for the Arts 2025-2026 season. Ted Yoder, 2010 National Hammered Dulcimer Champion from Goshen, Indiana, and his band, featuring ...

The Ironton Council for the Arts opens its 2025-26 performance season with a performance by Ted Yoder, 2010 National Hammered ...

The Towne Crier is located at 379 Main St. in Beacon. The Sept. 26 show begins at 6 p.m. and is free with dinner. For ...

Wendy Grethen first touched the strings of a mountain dulcimer at a fair 27 years ago. She learned to play the Appalachian-region American folk instrument as a child in Illinois -- then stopped ...

Jimmy Fallon finally got the chance to break out the dulcimer he always keeps behind his Tonight Show desk just in case any of his guests are adept at playing the instrument — such as Amanda Seyfried.

Plus: Rapper Matt Muse ends a four-year gap between major releases with two EPs this summer, including the brand-new So Far, So Decent. The Matt Muse track “Leave Here,” produced by Boathouse, appears ...

Just past midnight on the second day of the 2022 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention, dulcimer players Jan Hammond ...

Blount County Newcomers Club will meet Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 9:30 a.m. at Smith Life Event Center, 1404 Tuckaleechee Pike, Maryville, with coffee and brunch provided by club members.

The 33rd Annual Haunting in the Hills Storytelling Festival offers storytelling, live music, and workshops at Big South Fork ...

If you were impressed by Amanda Seyfried’s dulcimer-playing abilities this week, we are pleased to inform you that the actress has yet another secret talent: peacock calls. The “Mamma Mia!” star ...

SALISBURY — A concert featuring Sam Edelston, dulcimer expert and player, is scheduled for Sunday, April 13, at the Centennial Park, 600 Wiley Ave., Salisbury. Edelston, who has participated at ...