by Steve Eulberg I was picking through my photo archives and was so delighted to uncover these photos! Tam Kearney was a mainstay in the Toronto folk music scene after growing up in Glasgow and then moving to Canada in the 1960s. Unfortunately for us, he passed in 2013. (Read Ian Robb‘s eulogy in SingOut! […]
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Have a Blessed Thanksgiving
by Linda Ratcliff Your Thanksgiving dinner will not be complete without sharing these jokes! What kind of music did the Pilgrims like? Plymouth Rock! Why did the guys let the sweet potato join the band? So they could have a yam session! What is the most musical part of the turkey? The drumsticks! Have […]
New Fiddle Lesson!
by Steve Eulberg Vi Wickam has created a new Fiddle Lesson for the Scottish tune Miss McLeod’s Reel. that he and I like to play in our duo Fiddle Whamdiddle. I have already created a mountain dulcimer lesson in the Galax style for this tune on DulcimerCrossing here. You can also watch a couple of […]
Chicken Reel New Lesson
Larry Conger teaches a new mountain dulcimer lesson series on DulcimerCrossing.com (I can’t hear this tune without also hearing the memory of the cartoon character, Foghorn Leghorn’s voice saying, “boy, I say boy, ya BOTHer me!”) Here is a demo of Larry playing the tune. This fun tune makes use of hammer-ons and pull-offs and […]
Historic Dulcimers in England
by Steve Eulberg I was honored to be the American mountain dulcimer tutor for the Nonsuch Dulcimer Club’s Fall Festival in Malvern, England last month. Thanks to Geoff Reeve-Black, I was also able to see some historic mountain dulcimers from his collection that I am pleased to show to you here: This one was built […]
Habits Announcement (Ends 9/30/18)
“Hi, this is Steve Eulberg with another Habit for Your…. ….well, it’s not exactly a Habit, it’s an announcement: For people who are developing their Habits for a Healthy Music Habitat. My patrons, on Patreon, have been able to support me so that I can finish this collection in a digitized fashion. Southern Harmony shape-note […]