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[ Tunesmith | A Brand New Day | Dandelions & Tulips | Shaker's Fancy | Elizabeth's Dream | Under the Dogwoods | Masters of the Mtn Dulcimer Vol 2 ]

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What people are saying...

"An exceptionally fine recording exploring the Mountain Dulcimer beyond its traditional sound.", -- Judy Ireton owner of Note-Ably Yours, and then editor of the Dulcimer Player's News, Clubs column.

"...a veritable international tour, encompassing a broad scope of traditional material with a smattering of original compositions (as well)... the musicanship... (is) precise and tasteful... A fine effort overall." Veta Nebel for Victory Review, Seattle WA

"(Dandelions and Tulips is) really great, ... highly recommended." Doug Dickson, on WCBE radio, Columbus OH.

"Mr. Smith has a lovely graceful, almost effortless style of playing. It is very clean and responsive. He has a very fluid technique that almost disapperars into the music. ... The tunes cover a wide range of playing styles, and take full advantage of his instrument." -- Lowell D Herbrandson, on the "Sweet Music" mailing list.

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Shaker's Fancy Instrumentals Featuring the Mountain Dulcimer with Guitar, Viola, and Plucked Psaltery Reviews CD 52:47 min $15.00 ea Tape 50:07 min $10.00 ea A detailed description of the music on this album is here Released May 1998 Ordering Information

Contents: 01: Shaker's Fancy * 1 4 5 6 02: As Quick as you Please 1 03: Winter's Lament * 1 04: Stephen Foster Medly 3 05: Ode to O'Carolan * 4 06: The Black Nag 1 07: Southwind 3 08: Steve & Jerry Blues+ 1 5 09: O'Carolan's Concerto 3 5 10: Minuet Formerly in G (1.2 MB) 2 3 _from the A. Magdalena Bach notebook 11: Psaltery Improv * 4 12: White Coral Bells/ __Londonderry Aire 1 13: Dulcimer Improv (CD only) * 1 14: Love's Bidding * 1 15: Mrs. Cole 1 16: Shaker's Fancy Revisited + 1 5 * By S. K. Smith + by S. K. Smith & J. C. Rockwell 1 Mountian Dulcimer 2 Tenor Mtn Dulcimer 3 Baritone Mtn Dulcimer 4 Plucked Psaltery 5 Guitar (Jerry Rockwell) 6 Viola (Brandon Smith) Tune book available! Go here for information.

Photo by Brandon Smith and Rochelle Volen-Smith

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"...what Steve does with (the music) is true elegance. ... Steve's best album yet!" Sandi Vitek for the Columbus Folk Music Society's newsletter, A Different Strummer. ...Full text of the review is here.

"Steve's playing is exceptional and definately not as simple as his album title would lead you to believe. ... the recording is remarkably clean,... with little or no pick noise or finger squeaks to spoil the intimacy of Steve's dulcimer playing."
Neal Walters, in the Dulcimer Players News.

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Elizabeth's Dream Insturmentals featuring the Mountain Dulcimer and flute CD 52:09 min $15.00 each A detailed description of the music on this album is here Released September 2002 Ordering Information

Contents: 1: Elizabeth's Dream * 2: Now, Oh Now I Needs Must Part 3: Never Could Love You More * 4: It was a lover and his Lass 5: Crossing the Meadow * 6: Packington's Pound 7: Improvisation in E Dorian * 8: O'Carolan's Draught 9: Merrily Kiss the Quaker 10: Landler 11: The Minstrel Boy 12:Passing Thoughts * 13: A Wedding Gift * 14: Si Bheg, Si Mor 15: Now Evening has Come Again * 16: Lord Inchiquin + 17: Staine's Morris 18: The Beggar Boy + 19: Galliard et Salterello 20: Minuet in G-minor from the Anna Magdalenna - ___Bach notebook 21: Now is the Month of Maying + * by Steven K. Smith + with Jerry Rockwell (dulcimer) and Sean O'Malley (flute) Companion Tune Book Available! Click Here for info

Cover Painting by Rochelle Volen-Smith © 2002

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What people are saying...

"...This recording can transport you to a world of elegant court dances, mannered excercises in musical composition, detailed observations of natural phenomena such as a night sky or a sunny meadow, the genius of Shakespeare and O'Carolan, or the lively rythms of a country dance frolic. He defty captures the essence of the (Renaissance) time and its music... If you appreciate elegant and skillful dulcimer playing, you'll enjoy this CD.
Neal Walters, in the Dulcimer Player's News.

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Under the Dogwoods Insturmentals featuring the Mountain Dulcimer Guitar and synth CD 61:57 min $15.00 each A detailed description of the music on this album is here Released September 2005 Ordering Information

Contents: 1: Under the Dogwoods © 2: Blind Mary 3: Spring In Russia © 4: Pavanne d'Angleterre 5: Celtic Knots + 6: Dancing 'til the Morning © 7: Fughetta by Pachelbel 8: God Rest ye Merrie Gentlemen 9: Forever More © 10: Coleraine Jig 11: Memories of Silence © 12: The Wind that Shakes the Barley 13: What if I Never Speed 14: Eastern Mist + 15: The Waters of Holland 16: Nonesuch: 17: Now I Remember © 18: The Touchstone 19: Rose Red 20: Saint Martins © Composed by Steven K. Smith + improv by Jerry Rockwell & Steven K. Smith Jerry Rockwell plays on tracks 1 3 4 5 14 16 18 & 19

Cover art by Rochelle S. Volen-Smith © 2005

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Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer volume 2 A sampler of music featuring the Mountain Dulcimer by some of its top players CD 52 min $15.00 each Relased August 2002 Ordering Information

Artists included: 1: Ruth Barrett & Cyntia Smith 2: David Schnaufer & Stephen Seifert 3: Mike Casey 4: Karen Mueller 5: Steven K. Smith 6: Heidi Muller 7: John Blosser 8: Jerry Rockwell 9: Larry Conger 10: Steve Eulberg 11: Susan Trump 12: Dan Evans 13: Don Pedi 14: Hollis Landrum 15: Neal Walters 16: Robert Force & Al d'Ossché 17: Shelly Stevens Produced and distributed by Susan Trump

Combination Sets 

Make your own combination set! Discounts are now taken based on the total amount of the order, before the discount is applied. For $30.00 to 44.99, the discount is 15%. For $45.00 to $59.99 the discount is 20%, and for $60.00 or more the discount is 25%.

For example, if you bought Dandelions and Tulips and Shaker's Fancy the total before the discount is $30. This qualifies for a 15% discount, which amounts to $4.50 off. Your total is $25.50. If you bought Elizabeth's Dream, Shaker's Fancy, and Dandelions and Tulips, the total before discount is $45.00 which is good for a 20% discount in this case. Take $9.00 off the price for a final cost of $36.00. Suppose you wanted the Elizabeth's Dream CD and book, and the Shaker's Fancy CD and book. Before discount it's $50.00, after the 20% discount it's $40.00. Now if you want three CDs, three books, and the English Country Gardens companion CDR, the total before discount is $85.00 This qualifies for the 25% discount, which comes to $21.25. Your cost is only $63.75.

Don't like doing the math? Don't worry, you don't have to! If you buy with the secure PayPal system, using my shopping cart, the discount is automatically applied before checkout.

This lets customers who might not want or need one of the preprogrammed combination sets I came up with to take advantage of price breaks for quantity purchases. It even works if you want to by multiple copies of the same item, if, for example, you're doing your Holiday shoping for all those dulcimaniacs on your shopping list.

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