Ohio is not a state known for its mountains. The Hocking Hills, the Appalachian foothills and the state’s other areas of rolling terrain, though lush and beautiful, aren’t exactly the Alps. But that’s ...

West Virginia is no stranger to mountain music, though the variety heard this weekend in Fayette County was a bit different. Sunday afternoon, overlooking the New River Gorge, 10 Alphorn players held ...

For some, it’s the first time they’ve seen their friends in three years. For others, it’s a chance to bring out their traditional embroidered dresses or velvet Berner jackets trimmed in firecracker ...

WALLOWA LAKE — It’s not new, but Oregon’s Alpenfest has a new, 50-year-old alphorn as the official instrument of the festival, held each fall in Oregon’s “Little Switzerland.” The half-century-old ...

Switzerland: the country of mouth-watering chocolate, cheese fondue and precision clockwork set against the backdrop of breath-taking mountainous scenery. Accompanying all of this is the soundtrack of ...

If you go out in the woods today, you could be in for a big surprise, for you may stumble not upon a teddy bear picnic, but two alphorn aficionados who hike miles and miles with their alphorns to ...

This surely must be one of the strangest team-ups in jazz? A trio of German alpine horn players and British expatriate and jazz phenomenon Bob Downes. It may be an unconventional alliance, but somehow ...

BERNE, Switzerland -- The alphorn, a 12-foot-long wooden folk instrument played by Swiss shepherds to communicate across mountain valleys, hasn't exactly been the inspiration for many rock stars.

There is a young woman among the most famous Swiss alphorn players: Eliana Burki. The daughter of a physician at Feldbrunnen (Canton Solothurn) wanted to take alphorn lessons when she was six years ...

The players formed a wide semi-circle at Tracouet above the ski resort of Haute Nendaz in southern Switzerland for the country's annual alphorn competition, which celebrates the musical instrument in ...

What is thought to be the UK's largest gathering of alpine horn enthusiasts has been staged in Berkshire. Eleven members of the UK Alphorn Network (UKAN) brought their instruments to Downe House ...