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Traveling Music: January 5th, 2020

Traveling Music

Date: 1-5-20

Shonti Elder

Format:  Tune Title

              Performer / Composer

              Album Title

              Recording Company

              Length

Coming Down from Red Lodge

Peter Ostrouchko / Peter Ostrouchko

Coming Down from Red Lodge

Red House Records

2:26

Box of Lace

Misty River / Chris Kokesh

Willow

Mistyriverband.com

5:36

I’m Not Crying

Flight of the Conchords / Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie

Flight of the Conchords

Sub Pop Records

3:23

Dust Bowl Children

Alison Kraus and Union Station (lead singer Dan Tyminski) / Peter Rowan

Paper Airplane

Rounder

3:06

The Soldier

Leah Larson / Jean Ritchie

Long Journey

Leahlarsonband.com

3:28

Play Me a Song I Can Cry To

Alice Gerrard / Alice Gerrard

Bittersweet

Spruce and MapleMusic

4:30

Hear Me Lord

Bonnie Raitt / Oliver Mtukudzi

Silver Lining

Bonnieraitt.com

5:09

The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room

Flight of the Conchords / Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie

Flight of the Conchords

Sub Pop Records

5:09

Teelin Bay Waltz

Peter Ostrouchko / Peter Ostrouchko

Coming Down from Red Lodge

Red House Records

3:28

Lucky Man

David Francey / David Francey

Far End of Summer

Davidfrancey.com

3:32

The Same Place

Shonti Elder / Shonti Elder

Bow Drawn

Shontielder.com

2:46

Miles To Go

Alison Kraus and Union Station / Barry Bales, Chris Stapleton

Paper Airplane

Rounder

2:54

No Getting Over You

Bonnie Raitt / Bonnie Raitt

Silver Lining

Bonnieraitt.com

4:45

Dangerous Boys

Leah Larson / Mark Simos

Long Journey

Leahlarsonband.com

2:56

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.