Jean Ritchie

Jean Ritchie

female, 86 years old
Folk musician, folklorist, Musicologist, American, Appalachiandulcimerplayer, Kentucky musician…Appalachian dulcimer
Jean Ritchie (born December 8, 1922) is an American folk singer and Appalachian dulcimer player.
David Massengill

David Massengill

male, 58 years old
Songwriter, From Tennessee, singer/songwriter, American, Appalachiandulcimerplayer, Folk musician
David Massengill (born in 1951 in Bristol, Tennessee) is an American folk singer/songwriter. He describes his songwriting style as "stories I tell...
David Schnaufer

David Schnaufer

male, deceased (2006)
Appalachiandulcimerplayer, From Nashville, Tennessee, From Nashville, Vanderbilt University, lung cancer, American…Appalachian dulcimer
David Schnaufer (ca. 1953 - August 23, 2006), was an American folk musician. He is widely credited with restoring the popularity of the Appalachian...
Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson

male, 60 years old
Richard John Thompson, Ivor Novello Award winner, from Notting Hill, Electric folk musician, Folk rock musician, The 100 Greatest Guitarist of All Time…Appalachiandulcimerplayer
Richard John Thompson is a British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting. As a guitarist Thompson is notable for the breadth...
Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

female, 66 years old
singer-songwriter, World star, Canadian of Scottish descent, cristian rodriguez godoy, cristian rodriguez loves you, rolling stone magazine…Appalachiandulcimerplayer
Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. Mitchell grew up in Saskatoon,...
Peter Buck

Peter Buck

male, 52 years old
R.E.M. member, from Athens, Georgia, Rock guitarist, Peter Lawrence Buck, mandolinist, From Seattle…Appalachiandulcimerplayer
Peter Lawrence Buck (born 6 December, 1956 in Berkeley, California) is the guitarist and co-founder, along with Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Michael...
Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper

female, 56 years old
LGBT rights activist, singer, true colors tour, girls just want to have fun, American, actress…Appalachiandulcimerplayer
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an iconic American Grammy Award-winning singer and Emmy Award-winning film, television...
McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner

male, 70 years old
Modal jazz pianist, STACCATO, Pennsylvania musician, Mainstream jazz pianist, Post-bop pianist, Hard-bop pianist…Appalachiandulcimerplayer
Alfred McCoy Tyner (born December 11 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for his work with the John Coltrane...

Amanda Barrett

female
musician, Appalachian dulcimer, The Ditty Bops, LGBT musician, from the United States, dulcimer…Appalachiandulcimerplayer
Amanda Barrett is the alto harmony who plays mandolin, dulcimer, and washboard and was a fashion model for eleven years. She is half of the...

Claudia Schmidt

female
jazz, Appalachiandulcimerplayer, spoken word, a prairie home companion, guitar, Documentary film…Appalachian dulcimer
Claudia Schmidt is a musician who has recorded folk, jazz, blues, and spoken word albums. She plays guitar and Appalachian dulcimer and sings. She...