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Joe Collins teaching at the Orchestra Symposium in 2023. Photo courtesy of Judy House.

Gatherings: Orchestra symposium?

By Judy House | A one-word difference makes for a more focused event. You may have heard me say this before recently, but there’s a new kid on the dulcimer block – the dulcimer orchestra!

April 28, 2024Vol. 50 No. 1

The Buckeye Roadshow crew: Chris Steiner, Shari Wolf, and Joe Steiner. Photo courtesy of Buckeye Roadshow. | Dulcimer Players News

Virtual Jams: Buckeye Roadshow

By Buckeye Roadshow (Shari Wolf, Chris Steiner, and Joe Steiner) | Like the phoenix, the Buckeye Roadshow Zoom Jams rose up from the ashes left in the wake of COVID-19 and the death of a dear partner in music, Joyce Harrison...

April 28, 2024Mountain Dulcimer Arrangement, Vol. 50 No. 1

Group shot, disrupted by yellow jackets, from Kindred Gathering XV (circa 1989), held at Hood River, Oregon. Photo by Carolyn Martin.

Gatherings: 50 years of Kindred Gathering

By Ashley Ernst | Looking back on 50 years of the Kindred Gathering, a laid back dulcimer festival on the West Coast. Kindred Gathering 2024 will take place Aug. 2 - 5.

April 28, 2024Vol. 50 No. 1

Dorothy Carter's hammered dulcimer arrangement of the song "Childgrowth", which appeared in Dulcimer Players News Vol. 4 No. 2 (1978).

Carter: Childgrowth

Compilation by Fiona Potts | Hammered dulcimer arrangement of the traditional song "Childgrowth" by Dorothy Carter.

April 28, 2024Hammered Dulcimer Arrangement, Vol. 50 No. 1

Dorothy Carter

By Danielle de Picciotto | Tiny, frail, with blond hair and green eyes, invariably wearing black dresses, floral patterns, and heavy boots, she seemed so delicate that most people were taken aback when she mentioned adventures with drug-crazied hippies in Mexico or an upcoming tour with her all-girl band the Mediaeval Babes...

April 28, 2024Vol. 50 No. 1

Jerry Rockwell on the cover of Dulcimer Players News Vol. 11 No. 4 (1985).

Possibility Box: Welcome

By Jerry Rockwell | Introducing a column about chord progressions, modes, and pentatonic scales.

April 28, 2024Mountain Dulcimer Arrangement, Possibility Box, Vol. 50 No. 1

Dan playing his diatonic dulcimer with no half frets. Photo courtesy of Dan Evans.

Modes and Tunings: In praise of DAA

By Dan Evans | I was first introduced to the Appalachian dulcimer back in the early 1970s. At that time, DAA was the main tuning used for major scale songs and tunes. Living in England, London’s Roger Nicholson was a major influence when I started out, and Roger used DAA as his major scale tuning...

April 28, 2024Vol. 50 No. 1

Roger Nicholson on the cover of DPN Vol. 1 No. 7 (1975).

Modes and Tunings: Roger Nicholson in the Archives

Compiled by Fiona Potts | Roger Nicholson was an important figure in the development of the dulcimer whose impact often gets overlooked. His name appears in many early pages, and as Phil Mason wrote, "The D.P.N. is real pleased to have these fine contributions from our English friend of the Dulcimer and its music."...

April 28, 2024Mountain Dulcimer Arrangement, Vol. 50 No. 1