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

The researching and writing for Pluck was a gargantuan learning experience on a number of levels. And the learning continues, thanks to...

1960: Folk Revival begins. Jean Ritchie introduces Richard Fariña to the dulcimer./Nancy Johnson (later, Nancy Barker) gets her first...

One more from the Fariñas that is just as relevant to today as it was in the sixties. Their powerful song, "Children of Darkness" is...

So, I mentioned Richard Fariña in an earlier post without considering that some readers who might visit this Blog might also not know who...

If you're unfamiliar with the mountain dulcimer, a bit of explanation about fret numbers, and more specifically, the title of this post....

Still not sure who David Schnaufer was, or what he did that was so amazing? Alright, first return to this and this post about Jean...