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Traveling Music 5-11-14

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

5-11-14

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Angel of the North

Sally Barris / Sally Barris, Rebecca Folsum

Wilder Girl

www.sallybarris.com

3:59

 

I Dream of Spring

k.d. lang / k.d. lang, David Piltch

Recollection

Nonesuch

4:01

 

After the Goldrush

Mick Mcauley and Winifred Horan / Neil Young

Serenade

Compass Records

4:39

 

Fields of Rhythm (instrumental)

Gerry O'Connor / Gerry O'Connor

Myriad

Myriad Media

2:59

 

The Bold Privateer

John McCusker (sung by Kate Rusby) / traditional

Goodnight Ginger

Compass

4:53

 

Braw Sailin'

Old Blind Dogs / Traditional

Four on the Floor

Compass

4:03

 

 

Valley of Strathmore

Jim Malcolm / Andy M. Stewart

The First Cold Day

Beltane Records

4:44

 

The Low Low Lands of Holland

Dolores Keane and John Faulkner / Traditional

Brokenhearted I'll Wander

Compass Records

4:24

 

Slip Jigs: Hardiman the Fiddler / Give Us a Drink of Water / Heels Over Head (instrumentals)

Tommy Peoples / Trad, Trad, Tommy Peoples

Waiting for A Call

Shanachie

4:24

 

Banks and Braes

Dougie Maclean / Robert Burns

Tribute

Dunkeld Records

5:06

 

Farley Bridge (instrumental)

Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas / Duncan Chisholm

Abundance

Culburnie Records

4:03

 

Wiseman's (instrumental)

John McCusker  / John McCusker

Goodnight Ginger

Compass

2:00

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.