Lance Frodsham is a recording artist, author and educator. While in high school, Lance hitchhiked up the California Pacific Coast Highway in search of Richard Farina. Disillusioned to discover that Farina had died two years earlier, Lance nevertheless moved to Menterey and bought his first dulcimer from a street person on Cannery Row. Lance put out his first recording Dulcimer / Songs and Dances of the British Isles on the Kicking Mule label in 1983. In 1994, Lance, along with multi-instrumentalist Sylvia Hackathorn, released Whistlestops & Dulcimers on the Wizmak label.

Lance is a regular with the Kindred Gathering, a group of dulcimer enthusiasts who have been convening for over twenty years. He has played and taught at various festivals including the California Traditional Music Society's Solstice Festival and the Wisconsin Stringalong festival. The English Dulcimer, a combination book and CD, was published by Mel Bay Publications in 1996. Lance has worked with Irish master fiddle player Kevin Burke and is a former member of the Celtic band No Seamus. He currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and family.