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Traveling Music: May 12, 2013

Alaska Public Media | By Shonti Elder

Published May 10, 2013 at 8:34 PM AKDT

Rough and Rocky

Cathie Ryan

The Farthest Wave

Shanachie 78062

Waiting on the Evening Rise

Ben Demerath

Fishing Music ll

www.Fishingmusic.com

Rain Night

Cindy Kallet

Dreaming Down A Quiet Line

STM-1

Fishin’ in the Wind

Mike Dowling

Fishing Music ll

www.Fishingmusic.com

Old Bamboo

John Lowell

Fishing Music ll

www.Fishingmusic.com

Chris’ Song

Cindy Kallet

Dreaming Down A Quiet Line

STM-1

The View From Here (instrumental)

Matt Flinner

The View From Here

The Burning Babe

Sting

If on a Winter’s Night…

Follow The Heron

Cathie Ryan

The Farthest Wave

Shanachie 78062

Take My Rest

Brother Mule

Jawbone

Snake River Records srr-122

Lost River

Chris Coole

Fishing Music ll

www.Fishingmusic.com

I Got A Heart

Cindy Kallet

Dreaming Down A Quiet Line

STM-1

The Hounds of Winter

Sting

If on a Winter’s Night…

High on a Mountain

Cathie Ryan

Somewhere Along the Road

Shanachie 78047

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Shonti Elder

Shonti was born in India to teacher parents, who named her a common Indian name which means peace. She has degrees from Oberlin, Boston University and UAA. She began at KSKA as a volunteer in 1978 and has had an acoustic music show ever since, during her tenure as board member (and president), and 13 years on staff as first volunteer coordinator and then operations director along with that for five years. Her current volunteer program is Traveling Music. Shonti is also a professional fiddler, and has several CD’s of original music with her friend Will Putman. She lives in the Valley with her husband Bill Frey, and has two musical children, Kluonie and Devin.

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