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Dec 5, 20211 min read

Early music from David (with Alan Freeman): Hogfiddler's Fancy

This is not *the* earliest music David made; that happened when he was five years old and learned to play the jaw harp. But this is the...

Dec 2, 20212 min read

Get to Know David Schnaufer: Fisher's Hornpipe

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...

Dec 1, 20211 min read

Alan Lomax and Jean Ritchie

If you've never heard of the Lomax family, you're in for a world of discovery and wonder as was I when I started this project. But, I get...

Nov 29, 20212 min read

Dulcimer Boom Players: A tip of the hat to Doug Berch

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

Nov 27, 20213 min read

Thankful (Part 1)

I first heard his name when I joined the Nashville Grand Old Dulcimer Club. We live in south central Kentucky, a short hop to Nashville...

Nov 22, 20212 min read

Who, or, rather, What? The Dulcimer

David Schnaufer is not the only main character in Pluck; so is America's first folk instrument, the Mountain Dulcimer. It was not planned...

Nov 10, 20212 min read

Meet Jean Ritchie

Unless you lived through the folk music times starting in the forties, you may or may not have heard of Jean Ritchie. When I started the...