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Traveling Music 12-8-13

Traveling Music

12-8-13

Shonti Elder

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Peace on Earth

Gordon Bok and Cindy Kallet / William Carlos Williams, Gordon Bok

Neighbors

Timberhead

3:30

 

Firedance (instrumental)

Bill Whelan / Bill Whelan

Riverdance

Celtic Heartbeat

6:02

 

Canan Nan Gaidheal

Karen Matheson / Traditional

The Original Transatlantic Sessions

WhirlieCD

4:48

 

Fare Ye Well Cold Winter

Waterson Carthy / Traditional

Broken Ground

Topic Records

3:46

 

The Hesleyside Reel / The Morpeth Rant (instrumentals)

Tim Van Eyken / Traditional

New Boots

AMUCD01

4:20

 

The Mighty One

Maire Brennan (of Clannad) / Maire Brennan

Women of the World Celtic

Putumayo World Music

4:35

 

Rounding the Horn

Tim Van Eyken / Traditional

New Boots

AMUCD01

3:28

 

The Peacock's Feather (instrumental)

The Tula Ceili Band / Traditional

The Tulla Ceili Band ; A Celebration of 50 Years

Green Linnet

3:04

 

One for Winter / Colrain

Gordon Bok and Cindy Kallet / Kallet and Bok, Traditional

Neighbors

Timberhead

3:31

 

Poisin Tree

Marcia Howard, Mary Black / Lyrics by William Blake, music Marcia Howard

A Woman's Heart, a Decade On

Dara Records

4:03

 

After Music (instrumental)

The Bills / The Bills

Yes Please

Red House Records

2:44

 

Wall of Tears

Frances Black / Richard Leigh

A Woman's Heart

Dara Records

4:05

 

The Ditchling Carol

Waterson Carthy / Traditional

Broken Ground

Topic Records

2:05

 

 

 

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.