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Traveling Music 2-9-20

Traveling Music

Date: 2-9-20

Shonti Elder

Format:  Tune Title

              Performer / Composer

              Album Title

              Recording Company

              Length

Rise Sun

The Infamous Stringdusters / The Infamous Stringdusters

Rise Sun

Tape Time Records

3:26

Stray Birds

Rose Cousins / Rose Cousins

Stray Birds

www.rosecousins.com

3:10

Poor Boy’s Delight

The Infamous Stringdusters / Benny “Burle” Galloway

Fork in The Road

Sugar Hill

4:07

Last of the Lucky Ones

The Infamous Stringdusters / The Infamous Stringdusters

Rise Sun

Tape Time Records

3:40

Farmer’s Wife

Rose Cousins / Rose Cousins

Stray Birds

www.rosecousins.com

3:56

3 x 5

The Infamous Stringdusters / John Mayer

Fork in The Road

Sugar Hill

4:46

If You Could Read My Mind

Rose Cousins / Gordon Lightfoot

Stray Birds

www.rosecousins.com

4:23

Reverie (instrumental)

Sver / Sver

Reverie

Folkhall Records

5:06

Moon Man (instrumental)

The Infamous Stringdusters / Chris Pandolfi

Fork in The Road

Sugar Hill

7:19

If You’re Going To Love Someone

The Infamous Stringdusters / The Infamous Stringdusters

Rise Sun

Tape Time Records

4:53

Shake

Rose Cousins / Lori McKenna

Stray Birds

www.rosecousins.com

4:37

Thunder

The Infamous Stringdusters / The Infamous Stringdusters

Rise Sun

Tape Time Records

3:40

Tired Eyes

Rose Cousins / Mark Erelli

Stray Birds

www.rosecousins.com

2:47

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.