MOUNT AIRY -- As a child, Happy Allison watched his grandfather make and restore lap dulcimers. As a teenager, he helped the older man build a couple of guitars. Now, at 50, Allison plays the hammered ...

In 1999, two years before the Appalachian Mountain Lap Dulcimer was declared the state instrument of Kentucky, Merwyn Jackson formed the Madison Dulcimers in Richmond. That was 25 years ago, a ...

TAHLEQUAH -- Every year in May, the folks in Coshocton, Ohio, hold their "Dulcimer Days" celebration, dedicated to the stringed instrument best known for its use in Appalachian folk music. Strangely ...

CHARLESTON - Martha Turley of Ona won the lap dulcimer contest at last weekend's 59th annual Vandalia Gathering at the Capitol Complex. The festival celebrates Appalachian music and culture with ...

My compliments on the Bristol Magazine. I would like to call attention to two important local connections that were not mentioned in “Making Music,” the article about the Appalachian or lap dulcimer.