Hearts of the Dulcimer

Patricia Delich & Wayne Jiang

The Hearts of the Dulcimer Podcast explores the mountain dulcimer's past, present, and future. If you like mountain dulcimers, this is the podcast for you.

  • 5 minutes 51 seconds
    The End

    060 This is the final Hearts of the Dulcimer Podcast episode. Thanks to David Massengill for taking us out with On The Road to Fairfax County.

    29 January 2023, 11:21 pm
  • 21 minutes 29 seconds
    Dulcimer Originals

    059 In this episode we’re playing originals composed and performed on the mountain dulcimer by the artists themselves. You’ll be hearing music from dulcimer players Gary Gallier, Leo Kretzner, Mary Giger, Aubrey Atwater, Neal Walters, Christine Shoemaker, Holly Tannen, and Ken Bloom.

    16 January 2023, 1:40 am
  • 31 minutes 46 seconds
    Ashley Ernst, Publisher and Owner of Dulcimer Players News

    058 In this episode we’re featuring our conversation with Ashley Ernst, the owner and publisher of Dulcimer Players News. DPN has been the quarterly magazine for mountain and hammered dulcimer players since 1975. With music from both hammered and mountain dulcimer musicians.

    24 November 2022, 5:31 am
  • 45 minutes 33 seconds
    New York, New York

    057 We spoke with people born and raised in New York City in the 1950s and 60s who have become well-known dulcimer players. With Joellen Lapidus, Holly Tannen, Doug Berch, and Rob Brereton.

    25 July 2022, 10:49 pm
  • 34 minutes 24 seconds
    Early Music and the Mountain Dulcimer

    056 In this episode we’re exploring Early Music on the mountain dulcimer. Although the mountain dulcimer didn’t exist until centuries after the Early Music time frame, its tonality fits perfectly with the temperament of Early Music. With music from Howie Mitchell, Holly Tannen, and Jessica Comeau.

    13 March 2022, 3:06 am
  • 3 minutes 4 seconds
    A Winter Miracle

    055 Special announcement from Hearts of the Dulcimer Podcast.

    8 December 2021, 4:56 am
  • 30 minutes 49 seconds
    Fiddle Tune Stories with The Bach and Beethoven Experience

    054 In our final episode, we bring you the Chicago-based group The Bach and Beethoven Experience sharing stories behind some of the fiddle tunes they played on their album An Appalachian Summer. We spoke with fiddler Brandi Berry Benson and dulcimer player Keith Collins, who have their feet firmly grounded in the classical and traditional music worlds.

    25 November 2021, 10:19 pm
  • 15 minutes 13 seconds
    Fiddle Tune Stories with Pam Weeks

    053 If you’re a mountain dulcimer player, chances are you know how to play more than a few fiddle tunes on your dulcimer. Each tune has its own origin story. These stories are often attached to specific places, events, or people. In this and the next episode, we’ll bring you the backstories of some of these fiddle tunes.

    25 October 2021, 8:50 pm
  • 25 minutes 39 seconds
    Grant Olson Dulcimer Explorer

    052 We spoke with the talented young dulcimer player Grant Olson from Minnesota. In 2019 at the age of 17, Grant won the coveted first place in the Mountain Dulcimer National Championship at the Walnut Valley Music Festival in Winfield, Kansas. In addition to playing the dulcimer, Grant also composes his own music.

    30 August 2021, 10:22 pm
  • 52 minutes
    The Sweet Harmonies of Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly

    051 In this episode we feature the stories and music of Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, a husband and wife musical duo based in Warren, Rhode Island. They’re well known for their blend of gorgeous vocals as well as being multi-instrumentalists. The amazing array of instruments they play include old-time banjo, tin whistle, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, limberjacks, feet, and of course, mountain dulcimer.

    10 May 2021, 10:50 pm
  • 44 minutes 19 seconds
    Jim and Betty Woods: The Longtime Owners of McSpadden Dulcimers

    050 In this episode we feature our conversation with Jim and Betty Woods, longtime owners of the renowned McSpadden Dulcimers. Over the last two decades, Jim and Betty were able to maintain and raise the reputation of McSpadden Dulcimers. In 2020, Jim and Betty transferred ownership of McSpadden Dulcimers.

    5 February 2021, 7:33 pm
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