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Traveling Music 6-17-18

Traveling Music

Date: 6-17-18

Shonti Elder

 

Format:  Tune Title

Performer / Composer

Album Title

Recording Company

Length

 

The Song Sings On (Ballad of Tommy Makem)

Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan / Tommy Sands

Let the Circle Be Wide

Appleseed Recordings

4:13

 

Standing on the Shore

Solas with Moira Smiley / Traditional

All These Years

THL Records

4:32

 

The People Have Spoken

Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan / Tommy Sands

Let the Circle Be Wide

Appleseed Recordings

3:17

 

You Will Never Grow Old

Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan / Tommy Sands

Let the Circle Be Wide

Appleseed Recordings

3:47

 

Schooldays Over

Damien Dempsey / Ewan MacColl

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl

Compass Records

4:04

 

Broken Wings

Dougie Maclean / Dougie Maclean

The Essential Dougie Maclean

www.dougiemaclean.com

4:38

 

Early One Morning

Eva Cassidy / Eva Cassidy and Rob Cooper

Somewhere

www.blixstreet.com

2:23

 

Singing in the Dark

Brooks Williams / Brooks Williams

Nectar

Signature Sounds

3:54

 

Time for Asking Why

Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan / Tommy Sands

Let the Circle Be Wide

Appleseed Recordings

4:00

 

Fields of Daisies

Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionan / Tommy Sands

Let the Circle Be Wide

Appleseed Recordings

4:17

 

I’m Champion at Keeping ‘Em Rolling

Martin Carthy / Ewan MacColl lyrics (tune traditional, The Limerick Rake)

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl

Compass Records

2:55

 

My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose

Eva Cassidy / Traditional

Somewhere

www.blixstreet.com

3:46

 

Mr. and Mrs. Walsh (instrumental)

Solas  / Seamus Egan

All These Years

THL Records

4:13

 

Freeborn Man

Paul Brady / Ewan MacColl

Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl

Compass Records

4:21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.