MADISON, AL (WAFF) - Mention the dulcimer and many thoughts focus on Appalachia: mountain music. It's been in this area for generations. But Jon W. Harris discovered it, oddly enough, on the Jersey ...

While a stack of outdated glossy advertisements and event fliers may seem like junk to some, such piles leave Jan Schichtel seeing stars — literally. In less than 10 minutes Schichtel can transform ...

Jim Phillips has a passion for creating beautiful wood projects. He was born to Carl and Beatrice Phillips in Richlands, Virginia, in the heart of Appalachian coal country. His parents moved to the ...

When Jim Vander Woude was 15, he built a 12-foot sailboat with his stepdad and stitched the sail with help from his mom. He loved sailing in the handcrafted vessel so much, he "wore it out." After he ...

SOUTH SHORE Nestled between the Ohio River and U.S. 23 sits a shed producing mountain dulcimers at the hands of Jeff Lambert. “All the sawdust work is done in here,” Lambert said, as he unlocked the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BENNINGTON, Okla. – Backs, braces, sound ...

BLACK MOUNTAIN - The humming and sawing of tools are among the only sounds heard as Tom Fellenbaum works in silence and solitude in his dimly lit studio. Saw dust floats in the air among stacks of ...

LAKE MILLS -- Arlie Olson recently combined his love of woodworking and his love of music to create a hammered dulcimer. The 84-year-old Lake Mills resident first saw a hammered dulcimer, which ...

Expressions looks at one of the original American instruments--the mountain dulcimer The mountain dulcimer is a true American original and so is Bernd Krause, a luthier of over forty years who ...

The audience instantly responded to the catchy melody. As Bill Robison plucked the notes of “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain,” his listeners started clapping to the rhythm emanating from his ...

Apr. 8—CATLETTSBURG "I've always been around sawdust piles and lumber piles, that was my playground," Bob Howard recalled about his childhood in Salyersville. Howard grew up looking over a valley to ...