More than 15 years ago, when Dan and Dona Benkert set up shop at a weekend craft show in Lockport, the Naperville couple figured it would be business as usual selling Dona’s homemade rag dolls.

TAHLEQUAH -- Every year in May, the folks in Coshocton, Ohio, hold their "Dulcimer Days" celebration, dedicated to the stringed instrument best known for its use in Appalachian folk music. Strangely ...

The music will be sweet and the roots deep in La Crosse this week at what may be the first mountain dulcimer festival in this part of the state. For organizer Judson Steinback, it will be a reunion of ...