Fariña: Lyric Legacy
By Marian Hubler | Hennessy's "Lyric Dulcimer" remains on display at Bread & Roses
Richard Fariña
By Patricia Delich | I am one of the many dulcimer players sparked by Richard Fariña. His dulcimer playing was so different, so passionate and heartfelt – he tugged deeply at my heartstrings. Fariña captivated me when I was a teenager just starting to play dulcimer...
Builders: The future is now
By Butch Ross | It has never been easier to be wrong in predicting where technology will take us. The next step in the mountain dulcimer's evolution is 3D printing.
Builders: Double the builders, double the bass
By Fiona Potts | Collaboration between Terry McCafferty and David Beede leads to new building techniques and a new sound for dulcimer players.
Builders: Paul Adams, from luthier to songwriter
By Fiona Potts | Versatile musician and early contributor to DPN, Paul Adams releases fear and adapts with the decades.
Builders: Astronomer invents reverse damper pedal
By Harry Ferguson | I was taken by a recent video by the Danish group Dreamers' Circus of a dance tune called "Bas-Pelles Eriks Brudpolska." It was composed by Per Västberg (1886-1975). Molly Tuttle has a nifty arrangement for guitar, and Sharon Shannon has recorded it on accordion. I transposed it to G...
Builders: Through the decades with Doug Berch
A compilation of words and wisdom, featuring excerpts from interviews, stories, and feedback letters in the Dulcimer Players News Archives.
Arrangement: To Celia
Arranged by Howie Mitchell | Drink to me only with thine eyes ... arrangement for mountain dulcimer.
Builders: Howie Mitchell
Featuring excerpts from articles by Kevin Roth and Erik Blomstedt, with a remembrance by Jerry Rockwell. Photos courtesy of David Mitchell.
Jean Ritchie
Compiled by Fiona Potts | A look at the "Mother of Folk", Jean Ritchie, as she appeared in the DPN Archives, featuring Aubrey Atwater's arrangement of "Over the River to Feed My Sheep."