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Traveling Music 3-15-15

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

3-15-15

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Banish Misfortune (instrumental)

Darol Anger with Martin Hayes / Traditional

Diary of a Fiddler

Compass

3:19

 

In the Basement

Darol Anger's Republic of Strings (with singer Aife o'Donovan) / Rushad Eggleston

Generation Nation

Compass Records

4:10

 

Who's Gonna Shoe

Abigail Washburn / Traditional

Song of the Traveling Daughter

Netwerk Productions

3:47

 

Hard Times Come Again No More

Darol Anger, sung by Willie Nelson  / Stephen Foster

Heritage

Six Degrees Records

3:52

 

Sometimes

Abigail Washburn / Abigail Washburn, J. McConnell

Song of the Traveling Daughter

Netwerk Productions

2:51

 

Easy Silence

Dixie Chicks / Dan Wilson, Natalie Maines, EmilyRobison, Martie Maguire

Taking the Long Way

Columbia Records

4:02

The Water is Wide

Darol Anger, sung by Tim O'Brien / Traditional

Heritage

Six Degrees Records

6:38

 

Last Train

Abigail Washburn / Abigail Washburn, Kai Welch

City of Refuge

Rounder

3:55

 

More Love

Dixie Chicks / Tim O'Brien, Gary Nicholson

Home

Columbia

5:07

 

Lost in the Loop (instrumental)

Darol Anger and the American Fiddle Ensemble / Liz Carroll

Republic of Strings

Compass Records

5:39

 

Dreams of Nectar

Abigail Washburn / Abigail Washburn, Kai Welch

City of Refuge

Rounder

5:50

 

A Little Help from my Friends

Darol Anger with Martin Hayes / Lennon, McCartney

Diary of a Fiddler

Compass

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.