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Traveling Music 1-6-19

Traveling Music

Date: 1-6-19

Shonti Elder

 

Format:  Tune Title

Performer / Composer

Album Title

Recording Company

Length

 

Nest

Ruth Moody / Ruth Moody

The Garden

Red House Records

3:33

 

Better Days

Garnet Rogers / Garnet Rogers

Firefly

Www.garnetrogers.com

6:10

 

Garden Grow

Laurie Lewis / Laurie Lewis

One Evening In May

www.spruceandmaplemusic.com

2:49

 

Maro Pontkaleg

Gilles Servat / Traditional

A-raok mont Kuit Avant De Partir

Keltia Mystique

4:08

 

One Light Shining

Ruth Moody / Ruth Moody

These Wilder Things

Red House Records

4:40

 

Song for a Friend

Archie Fisher / Archie Fisher

A Silent Song

Red House

3:36

 

Helfa’r Marchogion (Knights A-hunting) instrumental

Crasdant / Traditional

Dwndwr: The Great Noise

Sain

4:19

 

A Wife in Every Port

Old Blind Dogs / I.F. Benzie

Tall Tails

www.oldblinddogs.co.uk

3:19

 

Arson of the Heart

Laurie Lewis / Laurie Lewis

One Evening In May

www.spruceandmaplemusic.com

3:38

 

The Crooked Miles

Laurie Lewis / Laurie Lewis

One Evening In May

www.spruceandmaplemusic.com

4:16

 

The Garden

Ruth Moody / Ruth Moody

The Garden

Red House Records

4:39

 

The Lady of Spain

Garnet Rogers / Marcus Vichert

Firefly

Www.garnetrogers.com

5:11

 

We Could Pretend

Ruth Moody / Ruth Moody

The Garden

Red House Records

4:33

 

Welsh Polka (instrumental)

Crasdant / Traditional

Dwndwr: The Great Noise

Sain

2:47

 

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.