Bonnie Carol Dulcimer CDs, Cassettes, Instruction Books

Bonnie Carol

Below is a list of recordings, recordings with books, PDFs, and books for sale as of 2025. You can buy any of these using the "Add to Cart" buttons which will take you to PayPal. Or you can print out the "printable order form" and send it and a check to Bonnie Carol, 4875 Sioux Dr. Apt. 008, Boulder, CO 80303. I look forward to hearing from you.

HAMMERED DULCIMER RECORDINGS:
The Very Top of the Tree •
Celtic Caribe - OUT OF PRINT •
Laughing Willow •
The Motherfolkers: Confluence •

MOUNTAIN DULCIMER RECORDINGS:
The Moon Tree •
Fingerdances for Dulcimer - OUT OF PRINT •

HAMMERED AND MOUNTAIN DULCIMER BOOKS - most music in these books is arranged for both dulcimers:
• La Musica (Book or PDF)
• Laughing Willow (PDF only)
• Fingerdances for Dulcimer (Book or PDF)
• Dust Off that Dulcimer and Dance: Instruction Book and CD (Book or PDF)

AFRICAN MARIMBA BOOKS:
• African Marimba Volume 1: Beginning Tunes (PDF only)
• African Marimba Volume 2: Old and New Tunes (PDF only)
• African Marimba Volume 3: Alport Mhlanga Retrospective (PDF only)
• African Marimba Volume 4: Eight Paul Mataruse Songs (PDF only)
• African Marimba Volume 5: Nine Paul Mataruse Songs (PDF only)

	THE MOON TREE
	CD - $15
	Everyone loves to sing, even just in the shower of for their favorite feline friend, and I’m no different. Here are some of my favorite songs collected over a lifetime of singing. Max Krimmel illustrates his magnificent guitar and whistle skills, and some other friends join me a bit, but it’s mostly me singing with the mountain dulcimer.
SONG TITLES - The Things That I Could Do with You (Sopwith Camel) • Chocolate (Mary Stribling) • The Wonder of it All (Pat Alger & Ian Tyson) • California Stars (Woody Guthrie, Jay Bennett & Jeff Tweedy)•		• Fall Inside Your Eyes (Jackie Lomax) • When the First Star Lights (Becky Reardon) • I'm a Rambler, I'm a Gambler (Traditional) • Let the Rain Fall down (Steve Conn) • Another Day (Spencer Bohren)

	THE VERY TOP OF THE TREE
	CD - $15
	This recording contains favorite music of various musical genres - some traditional Celtic and American tunes, some tunes written about my experiences in the wilderness, some tunes written by friends, and a few of my favorite Latin American repertoire.
SONG TITLES - Distance Suite - Far Away (Pete Jung) / Close at Hand (Bonnie Carol) / Dead Center (Bonnie Carol) • Dicha Eterna (Eva Ibarra) • Farewell to Craigie Dhu (Dougie MacLean) • Erin Isle Suite - Dark Island / Athol Highlanders / Lark in the Morning / Gravel Walks • Medicine Bow (Peter Ostrusko) • Tango to the Finnish (Rodney Sauer) • Neil Gow's Lament •		• This Stone's Story (Bonnie Carol) • Inís Oír (Tommy Walsh) • Friday the Thirteenth (Rodney Sauer) • Miss Rowan Davies (Phil Cunningham) • La Cumparsita • New World Suite - Westphalia Waltz / Mason's Apron / Little Miss Judique / Shady Grove • Bird Ballet (Bonnie Carol)

	CELTIC CARIBE
	OUT OF PRINT
	In January of 1988 I joined a collection of artists, mostly musicians and actors, to visit with comparable artists in the new nation of an independent Nicaragua. We met together in the villages’ "Centros de la Cultura Popular,” usually a house centrally located in a village modified for music lessons, concerts, art gallery, and dance classes. We wrote and produced a play, then took it all over the country to perform in these Centers for People’s Culture. The big house with an expansive front porch where we lived while in country became a gathering place for nightly Nica-US music parties for the month we were there and musicians from throughout the city of Managua came to play with us. From there grew several important musical friendships where I learned Nicaraguan tunes and the Nica musicians learned my beloved Irish and American traditional music. Within the year we decided to make a recording of our sharing, and Celtic Caribe is the result of this exceedingly rich cultural exchange.
SONG TITLES - Viva Seguin (Santiago Jimenez Sr.) • King of the Farie/Celtic Caribe (Traditional/Bonnie Carol and Max Krimmel) • Brown Baby (Oscar Brown Jr.) • El Vendedor (Juan Carlos Calderón and Jose Maria Linzar) • The Wild Geese/Grey Funnel Line (Traditional/Cyril Tawney) • La Mora Limpia (Justo Santos) • Zangalewa (Traditonal African) •		• Danzón Medley: Juarez • El Chupón (Traditional Tex-Mex bolero and polka) • Dulce Canción (Dulio Solis, Cesar Oviedo, Nicaragua) • Alma Corazón Y Vida (Alberto Flores, Peru) • Loch Tay Boat Song (Traditional) • The Swedish Maiden/Farewell to Erin (Mike Connoly/Traditional) • Hush Me Boys (Traditionla Celtic) • Jesusita En Chihuahua (Traditional Tex-Mex) • Himno De La Alegria (Beethoven, Spanish words Anonymous)

	LAUGHING WILLOW
	CD - OUT OF PRINT
	Songbook PDF $10
	An autobiographical, all instrumental celebration with the hammered dulcimer in the lead, Laughing Willow covers an array of Celtic and American music. Bonnie is accompanied by piano, guitar, wind chimes, glockenspiel, Buddhist Monks, and nature's critters - birds, bullfrogs, and the ocean.
	SONG TITLES - Spring in the Valley • Nighthawk • The Wild Geese • Behind the Haystack/The Butterfly •	• Off to California / The Unreel / If I Had Maggie in the Wood / Na-mu Myo-ho-ren-ge-kyo / South Porch Jig • Skyeboat Song / New Rigged Ship / Three Thin Dimes • Caribe • Ship in the Clouds

FINGERDANCES FOR DULCIMER
CD - OUT OF PRINT
Songbook or PDF $10
The fretted dulcimer leads an ensemble of instruments from mandolin to saxophone. This harmonious mix of instrumental and vocal music includes traditional American songs and Bonnie's original compositions.
SONG TITLES - Santa Ana's Retreat • Song for a Fall Birthday • Over the Rainbow • The Cuckoo • Southwind •	• Red Haired Boy • Dixie / Golden Slippers • Joellen • The Tree Song • Cherokee Shuffle • Close Your Eyes

	DUST OFF THAT DULCIMER AND DANCE!
	A Mountain Dulcimer Instruction Book (Book or PD) $20
	CD - OUT OF PRINT
	A comprehensive approach to learning the mountain dulcimer. Study: • modes • tunings • using capos * strum patterns • finger picking • flat picking • left hand technique - hammer ons, pull offs, slides, etc. • reading tablature and standard music notation • playing with other instruments • accompaniment and melody • singing while playing • various styles of music: Irish, American traditional, folk, contemporary compositions in the context of 56 songs. The instruction begins at the beginner's beginning and covers the most advanced techniques. “I’m working with Dust Off now and there is so much there that I only discovered recently. It seems like whenever I stumble on a new tuning, somebody says, ‘Oh yes, that’s in Bonnie’s book.’” Connie Allen, San Diego dulcimer player.

	LA MÚSICA
	Arrangements of Latin American Music for Hammered and Fretted Dulcimer - Book or PDF $15
	This is a collection of some of the music I have learned from the Latin American tradition and arranged for dulcimers. There are Tex-Mex tunes, Argentinian tangos, some Mariachi music and some traditional Andean tunes. Some are traditional pieces and some are contemporary. The book includes information about the culture and background of the music. All are arranged for hammered dulcimer, and many are also arranged for fretted dulcimer. Contains many of the Latin American Tunes from Celtic Caribe.
	SONG TITLES - Dulce Canción • Himno de la Alegría • Somos el Barco • De Colores • Flór de Canela • Río, Río • El Vendedor • Alma, Corazón y Vida • El Condor Pasa • Ojos Azules • Cuzco • Cielito Lindo • Las Mañanitas •	• Celtic Caribe • La Mora Limpia • El Zanatillo • Sabor a Mi • Adiós Muchachos • La Cumparsita • Djangotango • To the Finnish • Jesusita en Chihuahua • Júarez • Viva Seguin • Dicha Eterna • El Chupón
	“I received La Música a week ago and have been trying a few of the tunes. I am finding the music thrilling, challenging me to think in different rhythmic patterns than I usually do. Your book is jam packed with lots of new material for me to learn.” Eileen George, Washington state dulcimer player.

	AFRICAN MARIMBA: VOLUME ONE Beginning Tunes - a collection of the easiest tunes from volumes 1-4 Transcribed by Bonnie Carol
	PDF $25.00
	Table of Contents:
	Amaxoxo Baba Mudiki Buya iAfrica Chikende Chikomba Duduluza eKwanangoma Gandanga Kgapotso		Kopa Maggie Manhanga Musangano Musha Wangu Urikudenga Osano Sarura Wako Shona Na Siyakudumisa

	AFRICAN MARIMBA: VOLUME TWO Old and New Tunes Transcribed by Bonnie Carol
	PDF $25.00
	Table of Contents:
	Buya iAfrica Chikende The First of March Hwa Hwa Rine Nge Nyama Kgapotso Kuzanga Mahororo Manyatera Mombe Yeumai			Musangano Nhemamusasa Nhemamusasa Yekutanga Nyamaropa Sarura Wako Shona Na Shumba Siti, Muasikana Adadeka Siyakudumisa

	AFRICAN MARIMBA: VOLUME THREE A Retrospective of a Lifetime of Work Alport Mhlanga
	PDF $25.00
	Table of Contents:
	Amaxoxo Bekezela Chiradza II Dana Duduluza Ectasy eKwanangoma Festival Fever Kgopotso Kopa Maggie			Maimbo Ndinolila Nyathela Osano Ranchera Ssir Matimba The Third of June Thula Mtananmi Tshebetshehbe Umdhaka

AFRICAN MARIMBA: VOLUME FOUR
Eight African Pieces Arranged for Ensembles of Seven Marimbas
As taught by Paul Mataruse in the USA

PDF $25.00

Table of Contents:

Baba Mudiki - © Paul Mataruse
Chemutengure - traditional, arranged by Paul Mataruse
Chikomba - traditional, arranged by Paul Mataruse
Gandanga - © Paul Mataruse
Manhanga - traditional, arranged by Paul Mataruse
Mhunza Musha - © Paul Mataruse
Musha Wangu Urikudenga - church song, arranged by Paul Mataruse
Taireva - traditional, arranged by Paul Mataruse

AFRICAN MARIMBA: VOLUME FIVE
Nine African Pieces Arranged for Ensembles of Seven Marimbas
As taught by Paul Mataruse in the USA

PDF $25.00

Table of Contents:

Ariko Munyaradzi - traditional, arranged by Paul Mataruse
Hanga - traditional, arranged by Paul Mataruse
Mudzimu Wangu - traditional, arranged by Paul Mataruse
Tanzania - composer unknown, arranged by Paul Mataruse

	THE MOTHER FOLKERS
	CD, $15
	The Mother Folkers were an important part of the Colorado folk music scene for 25 years, dishing out bluegrass and blues, Celtic and Caribbean, jazz and humor on some of the most prestigious stages in the state. We were 10 – 15 women who played year round in other bands, but each spring we joined forces to become The Mother Folkers for a month of concerts. Confluence is based on one year's show. In 2019 the Mother Folkers were inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. There's hammered dulcimer and percussion by Bonnie, and other musicians include Kathi DeFrancis, Mary Flower, Carla Sciaky, Sumi Seacat, Ellen Audley, Bonnie Phipps, Mary Stribling, Vicki Taylor, Eileen Niehouse, Ellen Klaver, and Mollie O'Brien. My contribution is: Alma, Corazón, y Vida.

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