NELSON, Wis. (AP) - Jim Smit’s cold, callused hand, covered by wool gloves made by his wife with wool from the couple’s 16 Icelandic sheep, reached out on a blistering 1-degree weekday evening to ...

The music drifted down from Appalachia, from the front porches of English and Scottish immigrants who plucked and strummed the string instruments of their homelands. Along the way, someone added ...

TRAVERSE CITY — What started as a way of figuring out a more transportable bass guitar has since put creatively hand-craft instruments into the hands of other musicians thanks to Caul Bluhm. Bluhm — a ...

For further inquires about Dennis Laird guitars and luthiery, call 970-306-3208 or email [email protected]. At the end of a street in Eagle, in a salmon-colored house, lives a soft-spoken gentleman ...

CHESTER — A visit to luthier Scott B. MacDonald's studio is crossing the threshold into a world of sound and the rich aromas of wood, sawdust, resin, water-based finishes and freshly brewed coffee.