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Traveling Music March 8, 2015

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

3-8-15

Promo: Celtic Celebration at the Taproot in Anchorage on Saturday, March 14, 7 PM, presented by Turnagain Arts Alliance

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Jigs: Carolan's Favorite Jig / The Rakes of Cashel / Highland March in Oscar & Malvina - insturmentals

Cherish The Ladies / Traditional

Gifthorse Records

4:29

 

The Holy Ground

Mary Black / Traditional

The Holy Ground

Gifthorse Records

4:29

 

The Holy Ground

Mary Black / Gerry O'Bierne

The Holy Ground

Gifthorse Records

3:20

 

Whistling Low / Errigal - instrumentals

Davy Spillane & Donal Lunny / Davy Spillane, Donal Lunny /

Common Ground: Voices of Modern Irish Music

EMI Records

4:07

 

Newry Highwayman

Solas  (Karan Casey - lead vocal) / Traditional

Reunion - A Decade of Solas

Compass Records

3:17

 

 

As I Roved Out

Altan / Traditional

Altan - 25th Anniversary Celebration

Compass Records

4:02

 

Da Slockit Light / Smith o'Couster / Da Grocer - instrumentals

Tom Anderson, Aly Bain / Tom Anderson

The Silver Bow - Shetland Folk Fiddling

Topic Records

4:13

 

Broken Wings

Cherish The Ladies / Dougie MacLean

New Day Dawning

Green Linnet

5:16

 

Nil Na La

Solas  (Karan Casey - lead vocal) / Traditional

Reunion - A Decade of Solas

Compass Records

2:47

 

The Dimming of the Day

Mary Black / Richard Thompson

Babes in the Wood

Gifthorse Records

3:36

 

The Roseville - instrumental

Altan / Daithi Sproule

Altan - 25th Anniversary Celebration

Compass Records

2:20

 

I Wish My Love was a Red Red Rose

Altan / Traditional

Altan - 25th Anniversary Celebration

Compass Records

3:44

 

Mna Na h-eireann'

Kate Bush / Io Riada

Common Ground: Voices of Modern Irish Music

EMI Records

2:52

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.