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...

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

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...

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

Three notes I want to tell you about: one came the other day from someone whom has become dear to me through this project; she writes: ...

I learned a lot from doing the research for this bio, and probably the most significant thing I learned was that--starting in his...

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...

David Schnaufer's journey from the Gulf Coast of Texas where he was born through his time when he “made it” to and in Nashville forms the...