Bring the Dulcimer Out of the Mountains (Sam Edelston) #294 #music #podmatch

Please subscribe to our YouTube page to receive notices on all new podcasts as well helping us grow our audience. https://www.youtube.com/c/NewClevelandRadio https://newclevelandradio.net/ If you would like to be a podcast host or guest please contact Karen at [email protected] Thank you EMPKTPRmedia.com for introducing us to Sam Edleston. About Sam Edelston Sam Edelston wants the world to see the fretted dulcimer’s cool factor. While respecting its beautiful backwoods Appalachian traditions, he believes the dulcimer deserves to come out of the mountains and into the public eye, playing the People’s music – and with his strong focus on doing that, he is truly unleashing the instrument. He says, “With half as many strings as a guitar and, typically, no mistake notes, it’s the most logical first stringed instrument. There ought to be millions of young people begging their parents for one for their next birthday.” Sam has performed and taught at dulcimer festivals across the US, including Kentucky Music Week, the Colorado Dulcimer Festival, Dulcimer Day in Duluth (MN), the Lagniappe Dulcimer Fête (LA), and numerous festivals throughout the Northeast. His scheduled 2020 West Coast debut at the Berkeley Dulcimer Gathering (CA) was kiboshed by the pandemic—and turned into Sam being the first featured artist at an online dulcimer festival. He is also a frequent instructor at the online QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival, and he has taught online at the Dutchland Dulcimer Gathering, North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association Virtual Festival, Stephen Foster Dulcimer Retreat, and Chromatic Dulcimer Summit. He is a frequent performer for The Folk Project (NJ) and has been featured by the Folk Music Society of New York. Sam has played to rock audiences at the famed Bitter End in New York City and the FabFest Charlotte (NC) Beatles festival. His 2025 schedule includes appearances in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, upstate New York, North Carolina, and Ohio, with more to come. His YouTube videos of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” and The Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated” both went viral, and his video of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” is shown in the dulcimer exhibit at the renowned Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ. His YouTube channel, ContemporaryDulcimer, features many genres of music, as well as diverse and sometimes creative playing styles. In 2024, Sam released his debut album, MAKING WAVES, by Edelston & Dulcimer, the first-ever record to feature a dulcimer fronting a rock band covering (mostly) classic rock and pop songs. https://www.samthemusicman.com/ If you are looking for a Personal Coach contact Karen at #YESICAN coaching with Karen [email protected] 440 526 1530