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Traveling Music 10-28-18

Traveling Music

Date: 10-28-18

Shonti Elder

 

Format:  Tune Title

Performer / Composer

Album Title

Recording Company

Length

 

To Fair London Town

Susan McKeown / Traditional

Lowlands

Green Linnet

3:58

 

Seventh Sea

Dougie MacLean / Dougie MacLean

Inside the Thunder

Dunkeld Records

5:28

 

Song of the Dawn

Men of Worth / Traditional

Live in Folsom

Mahog Music

3:32

 

Donogh and Mike’s (August 1, Windbroke) instrumentals

Lunasa / Donough Hennessy, Mike McGoldrick

The Merry Sisters of Fate

Green Linnet Records

3:50

 

An Nighean Dubh / The Dark Haired Girl

Susan McKeown / Traditional

Lowlands

Green Linnet

4:08

 

High Flying Seagull

Dougie MacLean / Dougie MacLean

Craighie Dhu

Dunkeld Records

5:32

 

Inion Ni Scannlain

Lunasa / Donough Hennessy

The Merry Sisters of Fate

Green Linnet Records

2:47

 

Welcome Paddy Home

Men of Worth / Willie McllRoy

Live in Folsom

Mahog Music

4:01

 

The Hare’s Lament

Susan McKeown / Traditional

Lowlands

Green Linnet

3:08

 

Molly Ban / Paddy Lunn’s Delite / Jack Maguire’s / King of the Clans instrumentals

Joanie Madden / Traditional

A Whistle on the Wind

Green Linnet

5:15

 

Seanair’s Song

Dougie MacLean / Dougie MacLean

Craighie Dhu

Dunkeld Records

4:20

 

Young Nancy Oberlin

Susan McKeown / Traditional

Lowlands

Green Linnet

2:17

 

Casu - instrumental

Lunasa / Traditional Asturian

The Merry Sisters of Fate

Green Linnet Records

4:16

 

Beside You

Dougie MacLean / Dougie MacLean

Inside the Thunder

Dunkeld Records

3:42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.