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Traveling Music 2-16-14

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

2-16-14

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Some People

Peter Mulvey / Peter Mulvey

Letters from a Flying Machine

Signature Sounds Recording Company

3:17

 

Puppy Belly Dance (instrumental)

Peter Ostroushko / Peter Ostroushko

Heart of the Heartland

Red House

5:07

 

My Bible

Matt Hopper / Matt Hopper

High Hopes

Hatcher Pass Records

4:06

 

Wild Blossoms

Nancy Conescu / Nancy Conescu

Wild Blossoms

Stinging Nettles Music, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nancy-conescu-mn0001749596

3:11

 

Wichita

Red Molly / Gillian Welch

Love and Other Tragedies

redmolly.com

2:27

 

Raven in the Storm

John Gorka / John Gorka

Red House 25

Red House Records

3:28

Salt River (instrumental)

Tony Trischka / Traditional

Territory

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

2:42

 

So Cold

Patty Larkin / Patty Larkin

Still Green

Signature Sound

4:46

 

Stick it to your Man

Matt Hopper / Matt Hopper

High Hopes

Hatcher Pass Records

4:19

 

Does my ring burn your finger?

Red Molly / Buddy Miller, Julie Miller

Light in the Sky

www.redmolly.com

3:08

 

Carroll County Suite (instrumental)

Darol Anger with Stuart Duncan  / Anger, Duncan; Traditional

Diary of a Fiddler

Compass Records

8:30

 

Bears

Peter Mulvey / Peter Mulvey

Letters From a Flying Machine

Signature Sounds

3:54

 

We're All Leaving

Karine Polwart / Karine Polwart

Traces

Hegri Music

2:10

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.