Quite by accident I recently discovered this fascinating 2012 documentary on the folk revival that took place in the fifties, sixties and...

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

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

I'm sorry to say this didn't occur to me to include in Pluck prior to publication, but a couple of people suggested I should have...

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

Rick shot me an email today in which he commented on the Jack Master's track from the "Merry Christmas from David" post; "As I listened...

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

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