Alaska Public Media © 2025. All rights reserved.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Traveling Music 5-7-17

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

5-7-17

 

Upcoming Concerts:

Dougie MacLean:  Saturday May 13, 7:30 PM, Vagabond Blues, Palmer

Sunday May 14, 7 PM Sydney Lawrence Theater / PAC

 

Richard Thompson: Sunday, May 21, 7:30 PM Discovery Theater, PAC

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Gloomy Winter

Dougie Maclean / Robert Tanahill

The Essential Dougie Maclean

www.dougiemaclean.com

3:59

 

Schoolday's Over

Damien Dempsey / Ewan MacColl

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl

Compass Records

4:04

 

Standing on the Shore

Solas (with Moira Smiley) / Traditional

Solas: All These Years

THL Records

4:32

 

We'll Be Together Again

Dougie Maclean / Dougie Maclean

The Essential Dougie Maclean

www.dougiemaclean.com

5:20

 

Walking the Long Miles Home

Richard Thompson / Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson: Live From Austin Texas

New West Records

4:01

 

Early One Morning

Eva Cassidy / Eva Cassidy adapted traditional lyrics

Somewhere

www.blixstreet.com

2:20

 

Dry My Tears and Move On

Richard Thompson / Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson: Live From Austin Texas

New West Records

3:47

 

Somewhere

Eva Cassidy / Eva Cassidy

Somewhere

www.blixstreet.com

4:56

 

All I Left Behind

Emmy Lou Harris & Linda Ronstadt / Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle,

Emmylou Harris

Live on KSWM

Laser Media

3:42

 

I Can't Talk About It Now

Andrea Zonn / Bill Lloyd, Andrea Zonn

Rise

Compass Records

3:06

 

As I Went Out Walking

Solas (with Moira Smiley) / Traditional

Solas: All These Years

THL Records

4:09

 

She Will Find Me

Dougie Maclean / Dougie Maclean

The Essential Dougie Maclean

www.dougiemaclean.com

5:19

 

The Joy of Living

David Gray / Ewan MacColl

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl

Compass Records

4:40

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.