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Traveling Music 5-12-19

Traveling Music

Date:  5-12-19

Shonti Elder

Format:  Tune Title

              Performer / Composer

              Album Title

              Recording Company

              Length

Get Through It

Jon Randall with Mairten O’Connor and Alison Brown / Jon Randall

Hands Across the Water: A Benefit for the children of the Tsunami

Compass Records

4:31

Every Long Journey

Ann Reed / Ann Reed

By Request

A Major Label

3:08

Stand By Me

Roger Ridley, and musicians from around the world / Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, Ben E. King

Playing for Change: Songs Around the World

Hear Music

5:11

The Roughest Road

Laurie Lewis / Laurie Lewis

Blossoms

www.laurielewis.com

4:24

Firefly

Garnet Rogers / Garnet Rogers

Firefly

Valerie Enterprises

6:29

One Light Shining

Ruth Moody / Ruth Moody

These Wilder Things

Red House Records

4:40

One Does What One Can (instrumental)

Lauren Rioux / Joe Walsh

All the Brighter

Borough Records

3:33

Standing Still

Andrea Zonn with Flook / Sally Barris

Hands Across the Water: A Benefit for the children of the Tsunami

Compass Records

3:35

Better Man

Keb’ Mo / Kevin R. Moore, Anders Osborne

Playing for Change: Songs Around the World

Hear Music

5:20

Less is Moi (instrumental)

Yo-Yo-Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile / Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan

The Goat Rodeo Sessions

Sony

7:27

Cool Your Jets

Laurie Lewis / Laurie Lewis

Blossoms

www.laurielewis.com

2:26

Cumberland Plateau

John Cowan with The Brock McGuire Band /

Hands Across the Water: A Benefit for the children of the Tsunami

Compass Records

2:56

Deep Fat Frying

Ann Reed / Ann Reed

By Request

A Major Label

2:10

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.