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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...