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Celtic dance music from Kentucky to Ireland is on the bill, thanks to Helicon’s leader Ken Kolodner, who performs on hammer dulcimer and fiddle.
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Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
Performers will include Rogues and Wenches, The Samhain Fire Dancers, hammered dulcimer player Kade Bissell, Midnight Sun Selkies, and more.
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Anchorage Daily News, 21 Oct. 2021
The Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival will highlight some of those varied traditions, with performers showcasing mountain dulcimer, hammer dulcimer and klezmer dulcimer.
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John Adamian, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2019
The festival will also include performances by Pete Rushefsky, who will play the tsimbl, a hammer dulcimer, in a klezmer context.
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John Adamian, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2019
David Mahler, a younger player, will demonstrate how more contemporary pop tunes can be approached on the hammer dulcimer.
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John Adamian, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2019
Letitia Berlin, recorder, douçaine; Frances Blaker, recorder, hammered dulcimer; Shira Kammen, vielle, harp, voice; Allison Zelles Lloyd, voice, harp with special guest Temmo Korisheli, voice.
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Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2018
One performance featured Field student Jayda Kasempornkun of Niles playing the hammer dulcimer, also known as a khim, alongside two classmates from the Thai Cultural and Fine Arts Institute of Chicago.
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Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
The first of two sessions begins at 1 p.m. with mountain dulcimer instruction, followed by hammered dulcimer instruction at 3 p.m. Instruments will be on hand for individuals who do not have their own.
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Joy Davis, Aurora Beacon-News, 19 Apr. 2018
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First Known Use
1953, in the meaning defined above
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“Hammer dulcimer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammer%20dulcimer. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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