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Traveling Music 1-20-19

Traveling Music

Date: 1-20-19

Shonti Elder

 

Upcoming Music: Anchorage Folk Festival, anchoragefolkfestival.org

This afternoon and evening, and next week Thursday through Sunday

Wendy Williamson Auditorium, UAA

Free concerts, workshops

 

Format:  Tune Title

Performer / Composer

Album Title

Recording Company

Length

 

Music With You

Shonti Elder / Shonti Elder

Bowdrawn

www.shontielder.com

3:34

 

Let Us Dance

Ice Jam / Skip Nodler, Slayton

Tanana Mud

https://Store.cdbaby.com/cd/icejam

4:11

Down In My Heart

Robin Dale Ford / lyrics William E. Stafford, music Robin Dale Ford

Down in My Heart

10thplanet.com

2:56

 

It’s Only Rocks

Lou Nathanson / Lou Nathanson

Unglued

Big Mosquito Music

2:51

 

Up on A Mountaintop

Robin Hopper / Robin Hopper

Up on a Mountaintop

Robinhopper.com

3:08

 

Seven Minutes

Will Putman / Will Putman

The Middle of Nowhere

www.trillmusic.net

3:27

 

Here Comes the Sun (mandolin instrumental)

Charlie Hunt and Friends / George Harrison

The Cabin Hunter’s Mandolin

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/charliehunt

2:48

 

Would You?

Stephanie Bissland / Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed

Before the Story Ends

www.stephaniebisslandmusic.com

2:45

 

Going to Shadu

Esther Golton / Esther Golton

Unfinished Houses

www.esthergolton.com

3:51

 

Barefeet Sunshine

Tanana Rafters / Tanana Rafters

All My Fault

Tananarafters.com

2:14

 

Split Decision (guitar instrumental)

Tory Dugan / Tory Dugan

Cold Smoke

www.torydugan.com

3:52

 

Ohio and West

Will Putman / Will Putman

15 Hours of Driving

www.trillmusic.net

4:11

 

What I’m Thinking Tonight

Stephanie Bissland / Stephanie Bissland

Before the Story Ends

www.stephaniebisslandmusic.com

2:38

 

We Need to Talk

Lou Nathanson / Lou Nathanson

Unglued

Big Mosquito Music

2:58

 

Horizonto (mandolin instrumental)

Charlie Hunt and friends / Paul James

The Cabin Hunter’s Mandolin

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/charliehunt

3:25

 

No Car in the Parking Lot

Shonti Elder / Shonti Elder

Homefires

Shontielder.com

2:22

 

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.