To celebrate the reissue of Homecoming I'm offering a great deal!. Buy all four CDs for just $50. That's more than a 20% savings, and I'll pay the shipping. You just can't beat a deal like that.

"Bonfield shows his ability to stay organic...music that is uplifting and soulful...a beautiful journey into the real Americana, encompasses passion, touches the soul and rejuvenates the heart and mind."
Brian Garrepy, Blogcritics.org

"What sets Ken apart from the other talented acoustic guitarists out there is his unostentatious playing even when he really lets it fly. His music just always 'sounds right', and he gets those around him to play with the same unforced naturalness, no matter the tone or mood of the song itself. I remember first hearing his music back in 1997 when I reviewed Mystic Morning. I realized then his special talent and have kept a keen eye trained on him ever since. Ten years later and he still impresses me with his skill, artistry, and his tireless dedication to making music which is always accessible yet never mundane. I highly recommend American Baroque: Steel String Surprise as one of the best examples of guitar-led ensemble music around."

Bill Binkelman
New Age Reporter

On Homecoming, Ken Bonfield creates an intimate chamber quintet with fellow guitarist Grant Geissman, bassist Michael Manring, percussionist Efrain Toro, and violinist Jerry Goodman,

This all-star cast, known for its pyrotechnic chops, is surprisingly restrained in Bonfield's evocative compositions. The players amplify the guitarist's warm, folk-like melodies with elusive shadows and bass-reliefs on "Mirage," "Floating," "Dancing With Shadows," and a cover of Duane Allman's "Little Martha."

"Homecoming" is a subtle and inviting album that keeps
revealing its charms over time.

John Diliberto, Billboard Magazine

"Ken Bonfield's instrumental guitar work patently avoids the incessant noodling that all too often defines virtuoso performances. Instead, on Mystic Morning, melody is king and Bonfield's gifted fingers flesh out a beautiful cavalcade of notes that are at times reminiscent of a human voice singing and often soaring." Mountain Xpress

"Most of the compositions on this CD were written and arranged by Mr. Bonfield, who is an excellent composer and arranger. But in addition to his fine arrangements of seasonal music, he allows the recording of a few traditional favorites, including Greensleeves, Pretty Girl (Milking a Cow), and O'Carolan's Sidh Baeg Agus Sidh Mor, which he performs with an awesome tone. Bonfield creates a wall of sound, beginning with Celtic Wandering and ending with Silent Night and Farewell, his homage to Auld Lang Syne. It all makes for a Winternight to remember. " --Richard Banks

Available only as a PDF, this 64-page book contains Andy's Song (DADGAD), Farewell (CGDGAD), Nightfall (DGDGAD), Harbor Town (DADGAD), When Time Stands Still (DGDGAD), Dancing with Shadows(EbBbEbGAD), Zander's Folly (EbBbEbGAD), and Steel String Surprise (DADGAD).

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Available only as a PDF, this 52-page book contains Something Pretty For You (EADGBE), Wiseman's View (DADGBE), Prelude in D minor (Trad. JS Bach) (DADGBE), Pretty Girl (Milking a Cow) (Trad.) (DADGBE), Stealin (EADGBE), Summer Rain (EADGBE), Copraphagic Smile (DADGBE), and Kadotume (DADGBE).

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Get both books at a great price of $30. I'll send two e-mails one with Volume 1 attached and one with Volume 2. These books make great gifts for guitarists!

Just e-mail me your selection after you place your order and I'll send you three songs of your choice for only $10. That's a sweet deal!

A beautiful ballad in the key of G played in the tuning DADGAD. A great primer for someone new to the tuning. From the album Dancing with Shadows. Available through www.apeus.com

A fairly simple piece in the key of E minor that uses a lot of first position chords as well as the same chords in positions further up the neck. For the intermediate player looking for something simple yet sophisticated. From the album Kadotume. Available from www.apeus.com

A gorgeous, original Celtic air, suitable for someone new to the tuning, CGDGAD.
From the albums Mystic Morning and WinterNight . The Cd, Mystic Morning, is available through this site and the music from Mystic Morning and WinterNight are available through downloads at www.apeus.com

An interesting look at the key of G minor in the tuning, DGDGAD. A ballad that has enough of a spanish feel to keep it from turning maudlin. From the album Mystic Morning, available through this site, or www.apeus.com.

This is a pretty little tune in the key of D that will get your fingers up and down the neck. No recorded version available. Look for a solo version on a new album in 2007.

A pretty ballad of Celtic meets Classical in the key of D. Lots of barre chords and chords in higher positions. From the Cds Homecoming and WinterNight. The music from those Cds is available at www.apeus.com and the Cds will be available through this site in mid-November.

This arrangement of the JS Bach piece outlines a very simple approach that asks the guitarist to throw in his or her own embellishments. A great study for the use of Dropped-D tuning in the key of D minor.

This traditional Celtic piece is in the key of A minor and is a great study in using tunings in a creative way. One normally doesn't use dropped-D tuning to play in the key of A minor, but it really works in this piece. From the Cd WinterNight. Music is available through www.apeus.com

This bluesy piece in the key of E uses similar ideas to those found in Leo Kottke's version of "Last Steam Engine Train" and Doc Watson's version of "Deep Water Blues", which is how it got its title. Look for a solo version on a new Cd in 2007.

This haunting piece rocks back and forth between G and G minor and incorporates blues and classical ideas in a very interesting arrangement that puts your fingers in all sorts of different positions. From the Cd Mystic Morning, available from this site. Downloads available from www.apeus.com

Another piece in E minor that will put your fingers in some unusual places. The right and left-hand parts in the B section provide the biggest challenge. From the Cd, American Baroque: Steel String Surprise, available from this site. Downloads available from iTunes.com

This tuning will put your fingers in some very different chord shapes. Haunting. From the Cd, American Baroque: Steel String Surprise, available from this site. Downloads available from www.apeus.com

If alternating bass, Travis-picking, is your style, this is the ticket. Loosen up your right hand cause you'll need to go fast! This is bluegrass fingerpickin' at high speed. From the album Mystic Morning, available from this site. Downloads available from www.apeus.com.

Another up-tempo, alternating-bass piece in the key of D. This tune will get your all over the fingerboard, too! From the album American Baroque: Steel String Surprise, available from this site. Downloads available at iTunes.com

Another tune in that 'weird' tuning. It's good for your fingers because you'll use them in different ways. This bluesy tune has a definite Halloween feel. Inspired by Xander, one of my favorite characters from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". From the Cd American Baroque: Steel String Surprise, available from this site. Downloads available through iTunes.com

This tune can really be played in a variety of tunings because it only uses the lowest 4 strings. Both your hands will get a work out on this up-tempo piece, but your right-hand will be called upon to really dig the notes out. From the Cd, American Baroque: Steel String Surprise available from this site. Downloads available from iTunes.com

An intensive look at the chords in two alternate tunings: DADGAD & CGDGAD You'll learn common chords for several different keys and there are examples of the same chord in various positions on the fingerboard.

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