Back in April, I wrote the following about Diana White in this post when I knew very little about her. In the previous post to this one,...

Remember the old Reader's Digest recurring series, "My Most Unforgettable Character"? Well, Neal Hellman is in my Top Ten list of most...

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...

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...

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...

The research for David's early dulcimer playing years for Pluck was greatly facilitated by the wonderful Lois Hornbostel. Luckily for me,...

When I first started the research two years, one of my goals was to find as much of David's published music as possible to listen to in...

Rick shot me an email today in which he commented on the Jack Master's track from the "Merry Christmas from David" post; "As I listened...

What can I tell you about Rick Freimuth? Well, first of all, he was (and still is) a gift of the Muse. He makes his 1971 appearance in...

Bonnie Carol and Max Krimmel in their Colorado workshop

Since joining the dulcimer community I’ve heard several people say that mountain dulcimer players are some of the nicest people you’d...