For many, the autoharp is remembered as the slightly geeky, easy-to-play instrument from grade-school music class, or as the accompaniment for folk and country singers in the late 1950s and '60s. It's ...
New CD Celebrates Masters of Old-Time Autoharp In the 1950s, Mike Seeger sought out and recorded the traditional Southern music of the autoharp, a 36-string instrument small enough to hold in your lap ...
Jemma Watton's all set for the festivities. Even the most talented autoharp player doesn't usually get much attention.The instrument itself seems unwilling to assert its identity - built to stand on ...
It's the sound that unites Orson Welles and PJ Harvey What is it? Well. A zither is technically any stringed instrument that has the feature of the strings not extending beyond the soundhole or ...
Most buskers provide a soundtrack to the rush-hour commute playing a saxophone or guitar, but busker Darryl Minsky does it with an unusual instrument called an autoharp. The former computer consultant ...
It was a musician’s worst fear. Instead of making last minute preparations for their performances at the Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering last month, Bob Grappel and Lynda Cohen found themselves in ...