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Traveling Music 10-30-16

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

10-30-16

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Runboy

Spirit of the West / Mann, Kelly

Labour Day

Flying Fish

4:10

 

Tramps and Hawkers / The Elevator (instrumental included)

Old Blind Dogs / Traditional, Johnny Hardie

Fit?

Green Linnet

5:21

 

A Kiss in the Morning Early

Niamh Parsons with Graham Dunne / Traditional

Heart's Desire

Green Linnet

2:51

 

The 3-Headed Monster (instrumentals)

Sharon Shannon / Donnal Lunny

The Best of Sharon Shannon

Green Linnet

3:27

 

Is There for Honest Poverty?

Old Blind Dogs / Robert Burns

Fit?

Green Linnet

4:38

 

The Brown Bull of Cill na Mona / The Tipperary Temptress (Jigs)

(Niamh Parsons) Graham Dunne with Dennis Cahill/ Traditional

Heart's Desire

Green Linnet

3:00

 

Monkey with a Typewriter

Open House / Mark Graham

Second Story

Green Linnet

2:52

 

Gottingen Street

Spirit of the West / Kelly, Mann

Labour Day

Flying Fish

4:10

 

Bramblethorn

Niamh Parsons with Graham Dunne - guitar, Anne Parsons-Dunne vocals / Sarah Daniels

Heart's Desire

Green Linnet

3:04

 

Braw Sailin'

Old Blind Dogs / Traditional

Four on the Floor

Compass Records

4:03

 

Air: Blind Mary (instrumental)

Dale Russ & Finn MacGinty / Turlough O'Carolan

North Amerikay

Anair Records

2:58

 

Take It From the Source

Spirit of the West / Mann, Kelly, McMillan

Labour Day

Flying Fish

5:38

 

So Here's To You

Niamh Parsons / Alan Bell

In My Prime

Green Linnet

3:45

 

Tatties and Herrin'

Old Blind Dogs / Traditional

Fit?

Green Linnet

2:54

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.