Everyone has dreams but not everyone achieves them. Ray Choi has. Choi is one of the world’s top autoharp players, and he demonstrated it at the 2017 Mountain Laurel Autoharp Championship, according ...

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GARDEN GROVE – You probably never heard of Ray Choi. He runs a little music shop in Garden Grove, where he sells an odd instrument with 37 strings. It looks like a zither, which is to say it resembles ...

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 ...

“… the land I hold so dear is my home where the mountain laurel blooms …” Where the Mountain Laurel Blooms by Bluegrass band Country Ham Along the gravel ...

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 ...

The 23rd annual Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering kicks off June 26. Some may wonder - why have an entire gathering devoted to an autoharp? Some may even wonder - what does one even play on an ...

He had been an officer in the United States Army, a veterinarian who operated a zoo for jungle animals, and a professional luthier who hand-crafted his own instruments. But by his own admission, ...

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 ...

What Seeger couldn't fit on the recording sat on a shelf for 45 years, until now. Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp, an expanded version of that original album with previously unreleased tracks, is ...

As Dr. James Smith approached his 65th birthday May 28, he contemplated how to celebrate the milestone. With the nickname, "Autoharp Man from Al-a-Bam," you might guess that celebration would have ...