The following is list of musicians who play (or played) the Appalachian dulcimer as a primary instrument or who have used a mountain dulcimer in their work.
Musicians who play the dulcimer as a primary instrumentedit
Musicians who play (or played) the Appalachian dulcimer as a primary instrument.
Robert Force. Pioneer of the standing up, overhand style of playing
Bing Futch won the "Best Guitar" (Solo/Duo) award at the 2016 International Blues Challenge while competing on the mountain dulcimer. He has released numerous albums, published instructional books for the instrument and performs regularly at festivals and music venues across the United States. He is from Orlando Florida.
Margaret MacArthur, folk music historian, musician and dulcimer instructor, introduced the mountain dulcimer to many folk musicians in the 1960s.
Guitarist John Pearse, an early British enthusiast of the mountain dulcimer, was one of the first to introduce the dulcimer to English folk clubs in the 1960s.
Randy Raine-Reusch released numerous recordings of dulcimer before he played "Dulcimer Stomp" on the Aerosmith album Pump (1989). He recorded another version of "Dulcimer Stomp" on his world fusion group's self titled album ASZA (1995).[1] He has recently re-released four early recordings featuring the dulcimer.
Stephen Seifert of Nashville. A popular presence at American folk music festivals, Seifert also performs with classical symphonies around the United States.
Musicians who have used a mountain dulcimer in their workedit
Joni Mitchell played a dulcimer on the 1971 album Blue and included a dulcimer set in many of her live performances. She is credited with popularizing the instrument outside of US folk music circles in the 1970s.
Many British folk-rock groups of the late 1960s and early 1970s featured the mountain dulcimer, including:
Jerusalem-based multi-instrumentalist Bradley Fish's dulcimer loops on Sony Digital Pictures[5] are popular. Fish became known for using the instrument with an Eastern-influenced style and electronic effects on his 1996 collaboration "The Aquarium Conspiracy" with Sugarcubes/Björk drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson.