Dulcimer Players News Volume 50 Number 2
Dulcimer Players News Vol. 50 No. 2 (Spring 2024).
TablEdit Tips: Working with modules
By Melanie Johnston | Using TablEdit for arrangements with multiple staves.
Lil Rev’s Dulci-Lore Corner: Asheville Junction (Swannanoa Tunnel)
By Lil Rev | Greetings and welcome to the first of many articles that'll showcase the tunes, traditions, and techniques of our beloved hog fiddle (dulcimer). This issue's column will explore the origins and an arrangement of one of the most haunting folk ballads of old, "Asheville Junction," also known as "Swannanoa Tunnel."
Album Review: Dan Evans’ ‘A Waltz Through The Woods’
By Linda Paulus | Dan Evans’ new album "A Waltz Through The Woods" flows like a brook that sparkles and dances across ancient, polished stones. The cross-cultural, multi-era, and diverse genres that comprise the album ... With Dan Evans' arrangement of "The Banks of the Lee" for mountain dulcimer.
Roots and Branches: The Bird Song
By Fiona Potts | Trace the origins of the words and tunes of "The Bird Song," also known as "Leatherwing Bat," featuring Margaret MacArthur.
Profile: Randy Marchany
By Fiona Potts | No Strings Attached legend still looking to the future. The band No Strings Attached (NSA) first appeared on the cover of DPN in 1986. Hammered dulcimer player Randy Marchany is there on the right. ...
Possibility Box: The Safe Passage Project – Another 4-Chord Loop
By Jerry Rockwell | This A Mixolydian 4-chord loop is one of my favorites, and it is very popular with my Patreon subscribers. It has a dark, foreboding Celtic vibe ...
Creed Russell, Dulcimer Maker
By Steve Carney and Terry Conners | A previously unseen Virginia dulcimer, obviously old, showed up at a Georgia auction in 2022, where it was purchased by a woman who thought “it was something special!” This dulcimer is a teardrop-shaped instrument with four equidistant strings, an open “D” tailpiece, ...
Geordie
Traditional, arranged by Fiona Potts | The song "Geordie," also known as "As I Walked Over London Bridge."
Tales & Traditions: Samuel F. Russell
By Ralph Lee Smith, from the DPN Archives Vol. 25 No. 2 (1999) | I have been remiss in not paying tribute to old-time Virginia dulcimer maker Samuel F. Russell of Marion, Virginia in this column. Russell is the only person who produced a significant number of Virginia-style dulcimers for sale prior to the post-World-War II folk revival. ...