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Traveling Music July 21, 2013

Traveling Music

7-21-13

Shonti Elder

 

Promoted (Title of the Show) the musical playing at Cyrano’s Theater until August 4.

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

A la Claire Fontaine

Crowfoot / Traditional French / Breton

Footpath

www.crowfootmusic.com

5:17

 

What’s Closest to the Heart

Cathy Ryan / Cathie Ryan, John Doyle

The Farthest Wave

Shanachie

3:25

 

I Wandered By a Brookside

Solas / Traditional

Another Day

Shanachie

3:40

 

I Will Wait

Mumford & Sons / Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford, Winston

Babel

www.glassnotemusic.com

4:36

 

A Way Back To Then

Heidi Blickenstaff / Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell

(Title of the Show)

www.Ghostlightrecords.com

2:32

 

Life Ain’t So Bad / Mary & Julia’s Reel

Winifred Horan / Winifred Horan

Just One Wish

Shanachie

3:20

 

The Lowlands of Holland (with stringed instrument the erhu)

Susan McKeown / Traditional

Lowlands

Green Linnet Records

5:24

 

I Truly Understand

The Sevens / Bruce Molsky

Celtic Groove Band

Newgrange Records

3:16

 

The Farthest Wave

Cathy Ryan / Cathy Ryan, Karine Polwart

The Farthest Wave

Shanachie

3:48

 

Scarecrow’s Dream

Solas / Dan Fogelberg

Another Day

Shanachie

4:21

 

Hopeless Wanderer

Mumford & Sons / Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford, Winston

Babel

www.glassnotemusic.com

5:09

 

John Barleycorn /  The Homeward Way

Crowfoot / Traditional English, tune Adam Broome

Footpath

www.crowfootmusic.com

4:52

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.