Category: Historical Makers

Carmelo Catania: From Iconography to Reality

Apr 14, 2013

This is a fantastic discovery and story that I’ve kept under wraps for a year and a half...

Apr 4, 2013

Having written well over 10,000 words about what a harp guitar is, I wanted to add just a bit more...

Feb 28, 2013

Man, talk about making it under the wire! I had to get this blog up today (the last day of...

Feb 25, 2013

The other day I received in the mail a copy of Kamuke Ukulele Magazine from recent Australian...

Feb 10, 2013

I’m catching up with news as I slowly work backward through my list here… At the very...

Feb 6, 2013

The title just gives me an excuse to present two new discoveries; what I recognized that they have...

Feb 1, 2013

Every time February rolls around and I see all the advertised “celebrate Black History Month”...

Jan 13, 2013

As a harp guitar historian, collector and generally obsessed nut (not necessarily in that order),...

Dec 29, 2012

Here’s a charming, albeit unfinished, story to cap off our year. I just snagged this off...

Dec 24, 2012

Tonight is Christmas Eve for many of us, and for those who partake, the evening can bring all...