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Traveling Music: July 7, 2013

Traveling Music

7-7-13

Shonti Elder

(about losing friends / family)

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Song for Don

Shonti Elder and Will Putman / Maggie McQuaid, Shonti Elder

Northwords

www.shontielder.com

3:15

 

Da Slockit Light

Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas / Tom Anderson

Fire and Grace

Culburnie Records

3:49

 

Space Between the Lines

Tim O’Brien / Tim O’Brien, Lucas Reynolds

Chicken and Egg

Howdy Skies Records

4:32

 

Same Ol’ River

Sam Bush / Jeff Black

Glamour & Grits

Sugar Hill

5:37

 

Sad Eyes

Mike Campbell / Mike Campbell

Sad Eyes

www.arctic.net/~mooseman

3:46

 

Calling All Angels

The Wailin’ Jennys / Jane Siberry

Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House

Red House Records

6:26

 

I Gotta Believe in Something

The Refugees / Bullens

Unbound

www.therefugeesmusic.com

4:30

 

Grandfather

Will Putman and Shonti Elder / Will Putman

Homefires

www.shontielder.com

3:34

 

The Lord Came Unto Me

Sam Bush / Jim Roberts, Sam Bush, John Cowan

Glamour & Grits

Sugar Hill

2:50

 

My Father

Four Bitchin’ Babes / Megon McDonough

Gabby Road

Shanachie

3:15

 

Not Cause I Wanted To

Bonnie Raitt / Al Anderson, Bonnie Bishop

Slipstream

Redwing Records

3:37

 

I Hate to See You Go

Mike Campbell / Mike Campbell

High Country

www.arctic.net/~mooseman

3:39

 

Bring ‘Em All In

Wailin’ Jennys / Mike Scott

The Wailin’ Jennys

www.thewailinjennys.com

2:03

 

 

 

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.