Dulcimer players Claudia Schmidt and Brad & Ken Kolodner have new recordings which is a great reason to feature the dulcimer. This week on the program, we hear new and classic recordings featuring that most American folk instrument variants by Jean Ritchie, John McCutcheon, Sally Rogers, Malcolm Dalglish and of course Claudia Schmidt and Ken Kolodner. It’s dulcimer time … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-10: The Dulcimer

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

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Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Tachyonmetry / “Invention #13 in A minor” / Sunset Waterfall / Self Produced

Jean Ritchie / “Pretty Polly” / Jean Ritchie & Doc Watson at Folk City / Smithsonian Folkways

The Fuzzy Mountain String Band / “Bonaparte's Retreat” / The Fuzzy Mountain String Band / Rounder

John McCutcheon / “St. Anne's Reel-Cricket on the Hearth-Kitchen Girl-Mississippi Sawyer” / Wind that Shakes the Barley / Rounder

Walt Michael / “Prince William's Medley” / Hammered Dulcimer Retrospective / Flying Fish

Bruce Cockburn / “Vagabondage” / In the Falling Dark / ESD

Joni Mitchell / “Carey” / Blue / Reprise

Sally Rogers / “A Knock on the Door” / The Unclaimed Pint / Flying Fish

Claudia Schmidt / “Rooster” / Slow Steady Heart / Self Produced

Tachyonmetry / “Concerto in D-Allegro” / Sunset Waterfall / Self Produced

Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts / “Nang-ma Ta-la Shi-pa” / Dhama Suna / Detour

Malcolm Dalglish & the Ooolites / “Quil O'Quay” / Pleasure / Ooolitic

Brave Old World / “Waltz Roman A Clef” / Beyond the Pale / Rounder

Cathy Barton & Dave Para / “When I Went for to Take My Leave” / Sweet Journeys / Roustabout

Ken & Brad Kolodner / “Richmond Blues-Possum on a Rail” / Stony Run / Fenchurch

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways