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Traveling Music 2-22-15

Traveling Music

2-22-15

Shonti Elder

Format:

Song Title

Performer / Composer

Album Title

Record Label

Length

 

Captain Glenn

John Doyle /Traditional

Wayward Son

Compass Records

5:14

 

At The Heart of it All

Capercaillie / Donald Shaw

At the Heart of it All

Vertical Records

4:50

 

Caitlin Triall

Altan / Traditional

Gleann Nimhe - The Poison Glen

Compass Records

3:23

 

The Rock Reel / The Morning Dew / Reeling on the Box - instrumentals

Liz Carroll / Liz Carroll, Traditional, Liz Carroll

Lake Effect

Green Linnet

3:21

 

The Month of January

John Doyle (with Linda Thomson) / Traditional

Wayward Son

Compass Records

5:26

Soldier Boy

Capercaillie / Donald Shaw

Roses and Tears

Compass Records

5:20

 

(The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow) Cailin Deas Cruite na mBo

Altan / Traditional

Gleann Nimhe - The Poison Glen

Compass Records

4:25

 

The Ornery Upright / Sass is Back - instrumental

Liz Carroll / Liz Carroll

Lake Effect

Green Linnet

3:25

 

Jack Dolan (another version of Wild Colonial Boy)

John Doyle  / Traditional

Wayward Son

Compass Records

4:11

 

S'och a'dhomhnaill oig ghaolaich (Waulking Song)

Capercaillie / Traditional

At the Heart of it All

Vertical Records

3:58

The Ardara Girls / The Backdoor Highlands / Fascadh mo Leine (The Wringing of My Shirt)/Reel in A / Ciaran Tourish's Reel -instrumentals

Altan / Traditional, last tune by Jerry Holland

Gleann Nimhe - The Poison Glen

Compass Records

6:05

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.