Do you love music, the sweet, honey-sweet sounds of lazy strings humming harmonious chords to the night, but you have three stubby fingers and a left toe on each hand?
Then the dulcimer or ukulele could be for you! In a time when so much popular music is created with computers and electronics, join me on a refreshing journey to learn more about the rich analog sounds of the descendants of zithers and other stringed instruments belonging to the musical tapestry of the American landscape.
Deb Porter has proven that the ukulele and country music were made for each other.
— Jumpin' Jim Beloff
Close-Knit Community
Deb, wearing a blue Mexican dress with multi-colored floral embroidery, plays a fretted dulcimer resting on her lap.
We dulcimer players are a close-knit community. We recently lost one of our own, David Schnaufer, to lung cancer on August 23rd, 2007. Two months after David's passing, I went to Nashville to meet with David's other friends. What we first through would be a small project to help buy dulcimers for kids in the Austin area (where David bought his first dulcimer for $40), has instead grown into "Dulcimers for David", an hour long CD featuring the Nashville Dulcimer Quartet, Zada Law, Vince Farsetta, Sarah Elizabeth, Lee Rowe, Adie Grey, T.J. Larkin and more. 100% of the proceeds of this album will be used to buy dulcimers for kids around the country in David's honor.