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Traveling Music 8-25-19

Traveling Music

Date:   8-25-19

Shonti Elder

Format:  Tune Title

              Performer / Composer

              Album Title

              Recording Company

              Length

Bonnie Ship The Diamond

Rogues and Wenches / Traditional

Three Sheets to the Wind

Roguesandwenches.com

2:40

Don’t Take Advice

The Derry Aires / Karl Straub

Bottoms Up

Arcticsiren.com

5:41

I’ve Been Everywhere (Alaskan Style)

Robin Hopper / lyrics adapted from Hank Snow

The Alaska Collection

Robinhopper.com

3:01

Guardian Angel

Hobo Jim with Janis Ian / Jim Varsos

My Wild And Wolfen Ways

Hobojim.com

3:25

Waiting At Your Border

Shonti Elder / Shonti Elder

Bowdrawn

Shontielder.com

3:30

Primavera - instrumental

Kevin Barnett / Kevin Barnett

Alpenglow

www.lovingdogmusic.com

5:12

Ballad of Want and Need

Vinyl Floors / Zach Bassett

Forever Waiting on Dylan

thevinylfloors@gmail.com

4:04

Piano Man

Mary Schallert with Ethan Barske / Billy Joel

Short Stories

Maryschallert.com

5:20

The Road Not Taken

Michael Faubian / Michael Faubian

Something Else

Michaelfaubion.com

4:28

Sunshine

Diane Z / Diane Zitmanis

All I Want

www.dianaz.ca

3:30

Hand In Hand

John Cook / John Cook

Out of the Basement

Acousticxx.com

3:21

Round the Horn / Drowsy Maggie / Cooley’s Reel - instrumentals

Jubilee / Jay Ungar, Trad., Trad

A Welcome Sound

Manofgravity.com

3:14

Working Day and Night

Tyson James and the Nashville Players / Tyson James

Tyson James and the Nashville Players

TysonJAmesMusic@tysonjamesmusic

3:10

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.