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The sounds of hammered dulcimer
strings first reached Carolyn Cruso's
ears when she was 16 and attending
a musical festival in her native Hud-
son River, New York.
"I heard it from a distance and ran
toward it," Cruso recalled in a tele-
phone interview with the Shelton-
Mason County Journal. The trap-
ezoidal zither with metal .strings
struck with light hammers "was
People would stop because they were
"enchanted," she said.
"People would always be so fas-
cinated with the sound, the instru-
WHO:Hammered du rimer ayer Carolyn ment," Cruso said.
~uso .;. " " Sometimes, passerbys would in-
WHAT:Folk and Celtic-inspired acoustic vite them to dinner, or to spend the
music night at their home, the musician
WHEN: 1 p.m. today said.
Cruso plays traditional tunes
from Scotland, Ireland and the Appa-
lachian Mountains. She incorporates
music from around the world.
IS an
strange looking," she said. instrument that originated more
Already a flautist with classical corded eight albums on her own la- than 2,000 years ago in Persia. The
training, Cruso noted the hammered bel, most recently "Have You Ever," strings are paired, with twp strings
dulcimer is partly a percussive in- whose 14 songs include folk, pop, jazz for each note.
strument, and alt country styles. She is work- "It sounds so magical, a little like
%rou're creating melodies, but it's ing on a retrospective recording of a traditional Celtic harp," Cruso
rhythmic," she said. her early years, between 1989 and said. "Something about that metal
Cruso will talk about the instru- 1995. ringing creates such overtones it's
ment, and play ~riginal tunes, tradi- Cruso who also Sings and plays so soothing."
tional Celtic son sgsand music from ukulele and guitar -- bought herCruso, who moved to the North-
around the world from 1 to 2 p.m. first hammered dulcimer at age 23, west after completing college in
today at the Hoodsport Timberland and taught herself to play. She and 1985, used to tour the Midwest and
Library, 40 N. Schoolhouse Road. her partner at the time traveledCalifornia, but now stays in the re-
Admission is free. Europe, busking on streets in Ger- gion. Her CDs will be available for
The Orcas Island resident has re- many, Denmark and other countries, purchase at the Hoodsport show.
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