Who was "Old Joe Clark"?
Admittedly, I relied heavily on Wikipedia for the following article. I could have just given y'all the link and you could have read it...
Making Time for Music
Is your schedule as busy as mine? Do you wake up realizing you haven't picked up your instrument for … days … weeks …??? It's so easy for...
What Makes Your Heart Sing?
Before I became "musical" [actually before I realized that I had always been "musical"] I would openly confess that the music gene had...
Review of "Armadillo On A Hot Tin Roof"
VI WICKAM AND JUSTIN BRANUM are two of America's finest fiddlers. Their new album Armadillo On A Hot Tin Roof is a testament to the depth...
Learning From Other Instruments
My first dulcimer teacher was my dad – a fledgling mandolin player. For the first several years that I played dulcimer, I didn't even...
Spring Fundraiser
Our club's annual fundraiser is coming up on Saturday, April 21st. See the flier for all the details:
Cleaning the Schmutz off Your Dulcimer
So the impetus for this article comes from an observation and conversation with an old guitar player. Now, you might ask, was that a...
12 Tips for Arranging on Mountain Dulcimer
Add Chords. Most music has chords written in. You simply have to find the best form of the chord to use to get the best sound &...
Learning a Song or: "What Happens When It Finally Clicks!"
What do I know? That is the question that has crossed my mind every month for the past two years that I served as the President of our...
Pass It On
Traditions exist because one person teaches another person to value them and keep them going. As old-time musicians, there are many...
