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3-17-19 St. Patrick's Day

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

3-17-19

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

The Raglan Road

Roger Daltrey with the Chieftains / Traditional

The Chieftains – An Irish Evening

RCA Victor

5:23

 

A Woman’s Heart

Mary Black / Eleanor McAvoy

Looking Back

Curb Records

3:47

 

Lament for Frankie (instrumental)

Solas / Winnefred Horan, Seamus Egan

Reunion: A Decade of Solas

Compass Records

5:36

 

Carrick-a-rede

Cathy Ryan / Cathy Ryan

Somewhere Along the Road

Shanachie

4:02

 

Song For Ireland

Dick Gaughan / Phil Colclough

Joyful Noise: Celtic Favorites from Green Linnet

Green Linnet

4:59

 

Highlands of Holland (instrumental)

Solas / Winnefred Horan

Reunion: A Decade of Solas

Compass Records

3:34

 

Bonny Greenwoodside

Susan McKeown / Traditional

Lowlands

Green Linnet

2:40

 

Gravelwalk (instrumental)

Eileen Ivers / Traditional

Crossing the Bridge

Sony

5:06

 

Red Is The Rose

Nancy Griffith with The Chieftains / Traditional

The Chieftains – An Irish Evening

RCA Victor

3:26

 

Mason’s Apron (instrumental)

Matt Molloy with The Chieftains / Traditional

The Chieftains – An Irish Evening

RCA Victor

5:21

 

There Were Roses

Tommy Sands / Tommy Sands

Joyful Noise: Celtic Favorites from Green Linnet

Green Linnet

6:25

 

So Here’s To You

Cathy Ryan / Alan A. Bell

Somewhere Along the Road

Shanachie

5:28

 

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.