Nancy Barker and Jean Ritchie
Today I want to write to you about this lovely woman, Nancy Barker. She is one of the reasons that the subtitle for Pluck reads, "The...
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Linda Paulus
- Apr 18, 2022
- 2 min
The Elusive Diana White
Crawling back from the misery of a very bad cold, I have been catching up with emails. A few in particular came from Tom Harleman who...
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Linda Paulus
- Apr 9, 2022
- 1 min
The "Devils Box"
For anyone new to the dulcimer, you may not know that much of the dulcimer music canon comes from fiddle music. I loved this brief clip...
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Linda Paulus
- Apr 5, 2022
- 2 min
David and the value of passing on tradition (with a twist)
One of David's most endearing songs is "Sarah", based on a real person named Sarah Melton. He loved the 1911 backstory so much that he...
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Linda Paulus
- Apr 2, 2022
- 1 min
Like things vibrate alike
In my last post, I wrote about "The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood". I heard it for the very first time earlier this week. Bob Force had...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
Fariña pops in again
The researching and writing for Pluck was a gargantuan learning experience on a number of levels. And the learning continues, thanks to...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 20, 2022
- 2 min
Them Dirty Boys Bridgin' the Gap
Once upon a time, the scruffy, west coast hippies who called themselves the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band broached the subject of collaborating...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 9, 2022
- 3 min
Jan Pulsford & the Twanging Dude
Jan Pulsford was one of the biggest surprises of all the people who informed the research for Pluck. She is Welsh-born, but lives and...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min
FOD: David & Butch Baldassari
Toward the end of Pluck, you'll read about David and Butch Baldassari's interview and performance on the 2005 radio program, "Wood Songs...
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Linda Paulus
- Mar 3, 2022
- 4 min
Madeline MacNeil
Writing on this project has enabled me to get to know and learn from a whole host of remarkable and talented people, some from within the...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 27, 2022
- 1 min
Hey Little Birdie, 2022 Redux
In a recent blog post on a different topic, I shared a video of two of David's young students/collaborators performing "Hey Little...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 26, 2022
- 2 min
"Harris Picking"
"Harris Picking" was David's first submission to Dulcimer Players News.* It appeared in 1979, and he was twenty-six years old. Allow me...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 25, 2022
- 2 min
FOD: Guest post by Steven Stubblefield
When I started the Pluck Blog, I envisioned putting up posts that followed the chronology of Pluck, but I've made an executive decision...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 22, 2022
- 3 min
Dulcimer Boomers: Bob Force (and Al d'Oscché)
I am struck as I type this how easy it is to fall into the trap of thinking everything is awful after reading the news. How easy it would...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 12, 2022
- 2 min
Yes, the dulcimer evolves, but always in full circle
A few days ago, David Beede posted a clip of Cyndi Lauper on Everything Dulcimer. The video is from her 2008 appearance on the Howard...
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Linda Paulus
- Feb 6, 2022
- 4 min
The Hunt for Brush Arbor
A story behind the song: During work on Pluck--especially with respect to the years between 1953 and 2006--I would glimpse here and there...
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Linda Paulus
- Jan 31, 2022
- 1 min
The Dulcimer Evolves (part 3)
If you're visiting this site to learn about David Schnaufer or the dulcimer for the first time, then I hope this and the two previous...
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Linda Paulus
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
Then and Now: The Dulcimer Evolves (part 2)
If the dulcimer and/or its music is new to you, then this post is for you. It is the second of three posts where I will make the case...
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Linda Paulus
- Jan 26, 2022
- 1 min
Then and Now: The Dulcimer Evolves
There are two main characters in Pluck; one is David Schnaufer, the other is the mountain dulcimer. If the dulcimer or traditional music...
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Linda Paulus
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Pluck Chronology Part 2: Crossing Thresholds
1960: Folk Revival begins. Jean Ritchie introduces Richard Fariña to the dulcimer./Nancy Johnson (later, Nancy Barker) gets her first...
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