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Traveling Music: October 6, 2013

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

10-6-13

Upcoming Concerts: Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott, Saturday, Oct. 26 (Whistling Swan), Wendy Williamson Auditorium UAA; Eileen Ivers and the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, Saturday, Oct. 26, PAC

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Wandering

Tim O'Brien / Tim O'Brien

The Crossing

Alula Records

4:35

 

You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

Darrell Scott, Danny Thompson, Kenny Malone / Darrell Scott

Live in NC

Full Light Records

6:02

 

Islanders

Eileen Ivers / Eileen Ivers, Brian Keane

Crossing the Bridge

Sony

6:23

 

Wish I Was A Mole in the Ground

Tim O'Brien, Dirk Powell, John Herrmann / Traditional

Songs from the Mountain

Howdy Skies

3:00

 

It's a Great Day to be Alive

Darrell Scott / Darrell Scott

Aloha from Nashville

Sugar Hill

4:48

 

Calum Breugach, The Devil in the Kitchen, Muileann Dubh, Sandy Cameron, Cape Breton Symphony's, Welcome to the Shetlands (instrumentals)

Eileen Ivers / Trad, William Ross, Trad, last tune by William Hunter Jr.

Eileen Ivers, Traditional Irish Music

Green Linnett

3:51

 

Down in the Willow Garden

Tim O'Brien / Traditional

The Crossing

Alula Records

4:16

 

Full Light

Darrell Scott / Darrell Scott

Theater of the Unheard

Full Light Records

3:57

 

A Memory Like Mine

Darrell Scott, Danny Thompson, Kenny Malone / Darrell Scott, Wayne Scott

Live in NC

Full Light Records

5:22

 

Lost Little Children

Tim O'Brien / Tim O'Brien, Robin and Linda Williams

The Crossing

Alula Records

3:34

 

Pachelbel's Frolics (Pachelbel's Canon and more, instrumental)

Eileen Ivers / Pachelbel, Traditional

Eileen Ivers, Traditional Irish Music

Green Linnett

2:30

 

 

 

 

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.