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."
DPN Restrung: Frailing the Dulcimer
By Butch Ross | Hello and welcome to DPN Restrung, a new column where I revisit old articles from the early days of Dulcimer Players News...
Arrangement: My love is like a red, red rose
Arranged by Gloria Fletcher for mountain dulcimer, DAD tuning.
On Hammer Dulcimer History
By Phillip Mason | It is, of course, a foolish venture to take any ancient folk instrument and place its exact origins to a specific date and personage. Stringed instruments have been around for thousands of years, and during their evolution have been both plucked and struck, in fretted and unfretted forms, from times dating back into antiquity. ...
Editor’s Letter, featuring Phil Mason
The year was 1975. The United Nations declared it "International Women's Year." A gallon of gas was $0.44. On Jan. 6, "Wheel of Fortune" aired its first episode on NBC. NBC aired the first episode of another hit show on Oct. 11 – "Saturday Night Live." The Vietnam War ended on…