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Traveling Music 9-8-19

Traveling Music

Date: 9-8-19

Shonti Elder

Format :  Tune Title

              Performer / Composer

              Album Title

              Recording Company

              Length

Singin’ My Troubles Away

Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / Alton Delmore

Singin’ My Troubles Away

Flying Fish

2:44

Anyway

Keb’ Mo’ / Kevin Moore

The Door

Epic

3:36

Rain or Shine - instrumental

Allison Brown / Alison Brown, John R. Burr

The Company You Keep

Compass Records

4:17

So Many Things

Bill Morrissey / Bill Morrissey

Night Train

Philo

2:27

Heartache

(Tom Rozum-lead vocal) Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / Sarah Elizabeth Campbell

Singin’ My Troubles Away

Flying Fish

3:59

A Better Man

Keb’ Mo’ / Kevin Moore, A. Osborne

Slow Down

Okeh Music

5:15

La Dance de la Vie

Cajun Gold

Cajun Dance Favorites

Swallow Records

3:30

Foolish Questions

The Canote Brothers / Traditional

Thinga-Ma-Jig

Clone Tone

4:21

C’est Dans Paris

La Bottine Souriante / Traditional

Je Voudrais Changer D’Chapeau

Rounder

2:50

Waltz for Mr. B - instrumental

Allison Brown / Alison Brown, John R. Burr

The Company You Keep

Compass Records

3:01

A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But A Bird

The Canote Brothers / Babe Wallace

Thinga-Ma-Jig

Clone Tone

4:20

Broken Waltz Time

Bill Morrissey / Bill Morrissey

Night Train

Philo

3:56

Don’t Get Too Close

Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / Laurie Lewis

Singin’ My Troubles Away

Flying Fish

3:24

For Better or Worse

Keb’ Mo’ / Kevin Moore, Victoria Shaw, Heather Donovan

Bluesamericana

Kind of Blue Music

3:24

The Clean Plate Club - instrumental

Allison Brown / Alison Brown, John R. Burr

The Company You Keep

Compass Records

2:53

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.