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Traveling Music 9-22-19

Traveling Music

Date: 9-22-19

Shonti Elder

Format:  Tune Title

              Performer / Composer

              Album Title

              Recording Company

              Length

That’s What Ghosts Are For

Ben Winship with Owen Winship / Ben Winship

Toolshed

Snake River Records

4:01

Let The Bird Go Free

Laurie Lewis / Mark Simos

Birdsong

www.laurielewis.com

4:34

Time Passes By

Kathy Mattea / Jon Verner, Susan Longacre

Time Passes By

Mercury

2:47

Let It Out

Frances / Sophie “Frances” Cooke

Things I’ve Never Said

Capitol

3:51

Late One Evening

The Sevens / Traditional

Valiant

www.thesevens.org

4:04

Phoebe’s Rest - instrumental

Ben Winship / Ben Winship

Acorns

Snake River Records

3:33

Little Birds

Laurie Lewis / Carol Combs

Birdsong (originally on album Blue Rose)

www.laurielewis.com

3:27

Crossing the Great Divide

Ben Winship / Ben Winship

Toolshed

Snake River Records

5:01

What Could Have Been

Kathy Mattea with Emmylou Harris / Beth Nielsen Chapman

Time Passes By

Mercury

3:45

Which Way To Fly

Ben Winship / Ben Winship

Toolshed

Snake River Records

4:04

Grow

Frances / Sophie “Frances” Cooke, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Alexander Davies

Things I’ve Never Said

Capitol

3:59

Turtle Dove

Ben Winship with Mollie O’Brien / Traditional

Acorns

Snake River Records

3:06

Valley Forge - instrumental

The Sevens / Traditional

Valiant

www.thesevens.org

2:39

Tell Me True

Laurie Lewis / Mary Gibbons

Birdsong

www.laurielewis.com

3:43

Katy Bar The Door

Ben Winship / Ben Winship

Acorns

Snake River Records

3:28

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.