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Traveling Music 12-8-19

Traveling Music

Date: 12-8-19

Shonti Elder

Upcoming Concerts: Dan Bern, Friday, Dec. 20 at Jitters in Eagle River, Sat. Dec. 21 at PAC, Sunday, Dec. 22 Vagabond Blues in Palmer

Format:  Tune Title

              Performer / Composer

              Album Title

              Recording Company

              Length

Light the Lamp

Emily Kurn / Emily Kurn

I’m Just Like You

Emilykurnmusic.com

3:59

Erev Shel Shoshanim (instrumental)

John McCutcheon / Josef Hader

Winter Solstice

Rounder

4:37

If We Make It Through December

Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / Merle Haggard

Winter’s Grace

Signature-sounds.com

4:25

Thank God I’m Coming Home

Sylvia / Verlon Thompson, Sylvia Hutton

The Real Story

Red Pony Records

3:20

Carolina

Emily Kurn / Emily Kurn

I’m Just Like You

Emilykurnmusic.com

3:14

Circle of Joy (instrumental)

Lisa Lynne / Lisa Lynne

Celtic Christmas III, A Windham Hill Sampler

Windham Hill

4:43

On a Winter’s Day

Karan Casey, Niall Vallely, Robbie Overson /Karan Casey

Celtic Christmas, Silver Anniversary Edition

Windham Hill

3:44

Ualaalluataq (Good Morning)

Emily Kurn / Emily Kurn, Nora Edith Thomas

Lullaby Project 2019

Keys of Life

3:24

The Holly and the Ivy Girl, Mick Casserly’s Reel (instrumental)

Mary Coogan / Traditional, Mary Coogan

A Celebration of Christmas with Celtic Spirit

Maryscd@aol.com

3:41

Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow

Jethro Tull / Ian Anderson

The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

Fuel Records

3:35

Apples in Winter / Frost is All Over / A Merry Christmas (instrumentals)

Eileen Ivers /

An Nollaig; An Irish Christmas

Musical Bridge

4:19

Embrace the Beauty of Life

Hilary Morgan / Cathleen McLaughlin, Gina Virgilio

Lullaby Project 2019

Keys of Life

4:47

Cheri

Dan Bern / Dan Berg

Regent Street

Kababa records

3:04

River (instrumental)

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones / Joni Mitchell

Jingle All the Way

Rounder

3:46

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.