As part of our 30th Anniversary celebrations we invite you to join in a group recording of our namesake tune ‘Nonesuch’.
Full details of how to do this are now here. The deadline for your submission is 1st May 2022.
Dulcimer Junction Issue 8
Hear contributions from Nonsuch members linking to a number of articles in the newsletter.
Among the variety of topics in Dulcimer Junction No.8 – you will find – tunes to play; a book recommendation – which covers the history of the folk revival; more information about dance music in the 17th Century; and music recorded by Jack Bethel in his history of the dulcimer in Scotland.
Dulcimer Junction Issue 7
Hear contributions from Nonsuch members linking to a number of articles in the newsletter.
We go back in time to several different eras – finding out about Music at the time of the Great Plague – and in 13th Century Spain – and then there’s the Glasgow Dulcimer Tradition in the 1930s – and music from Vaughan Williams .
Dulcimer Junction Issue 6
Hear contributions from Nonsuch members linking to a number of articles in the newsletter.
We find out more about the stringed instrument called the Zither – we say a sad but fond farewell to mountain dulcimer maestro, John Shaw – and we have music and songs from John Rea, Pete Coe, Chris Foster and Damian Clarke with Bill Howarth.
Replacing strings on a Hammered Dulcimer
Complete instructions, with diagrams, for replacing one or more strings on a hammered dulcimer, by Roger Frood. This article first appeared in the Nonsuch Newsletter in the 1990s.
Dulcimer Junction Issue 5
Hear contributions from Nonsuch members Geoff Smith and Dan Evans, and links to a number of articles in the newsletter.
Find out who inspired Joellen Lapidus – MD teacher; celebrate Chris Coe being awarded her EFDSS Gold Badge; hear Pete Coe recalling the formation of The New Victory Band; and also hear music and songs from Richard & Mimi Farina, Roger Nicholson, Jez Lowe, Jimmy Cooper and The New Victory Band.
Adopt a Ron Moore Mountain Dulcimer!
Ron Moore, who died in late 2020 was a hobbyist instrument maker from East Sussex.
Nonsuch Dulcimer Club has agreed with his family to help find homes for 21 unfinished mountain dulcimers, which are based on 1970s designs.
Now updated with photos and descriptions of the instruments and an enquiry form.
Grants for Nonsuch Regional Events
Helping you get together locally! After over a year of virtual gatherings, we do hope that some of us have the chance to meet and enjoy playing music together in person. We really want to make this happen, and the club would like to help in any way that we can including a small grant to help make an event viable.
Dulcimer Junction Issue 4
In this 4th edition of the Audio Supplement, hosted by Ken Hudson of Roving Folk, you will hear music & songs from Ken Bloom, Rachel Sprinkle, Deborah Justice, John Pearse, Shirley Collins, The Albion Country Band, the English Dulcimer Duo, Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger, Pete & Chris Coe and Grant Olson.
Dulcimer Junction Issue 3
In this 3rd edition of the Audio Supplement, hosted by Ken Hudson of Roving Folk, we have an assortment of tracks which we hope you will find to be of interest – including contributions from Nonsuch members. Within the newsletter, you will find music to play from – and in this audio supplement, you will hear how it can sound – Music & songs from Jim Couza; Howie Mitchell; Damian Clark; Dan Evans; The Corries; Billy Cooper; Billy Bennington; Kattywompus String Band.