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Traveling Music 3-29-15

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

3-29-15

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Promoted:  Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, concert 7:30, Sat. April 4, West High School

 

Patty Griffin (Whistling Swan Productions) Friday, April 3, Glenn Massay Theater - Palmer; Saturday, April 4, PAC - Atwood Concert Hall

 

 

Hair on Fire (The Renewed Contract / Your Hair's on Fire) instrumental

Crowfoot / Nicholas Williams

Nadajai

www.crowfootmusic.com

3:56

 

Over in the Gloryland

Anonymous 4 / Traditional

Gloryland

www.harmoniamundi.com

2:55

 

Irish Boy

Patty Griffin / Patty Griffin

American Kid

New West Records

2:45

 

Pharoah

Crooked Still / from singing of Sydney Carter

Still Crooked

Signaturesounds.com

4:42

 

John Barleycorn

Crowfoot / Traditional

Footpath

www.crowfootmusic.com

4:54

 

Ain't No Grave

Crooked Still / Claude Ely (often called traditional)

Live

www.crookedstill.com

3:38

 

Captain, Captain

Crooked Still / from the singing of Rebecca King James

Still Crooked

Signaturesounds.com

2:43

 

Get Ready Marie

Patty Griffin / Patty Griffin

American Kid

New West Records

2:59

 

You Fair and Pretty Ladies

Anonymous 4 / Traditional

Gloryland

www.harmoniamundi.com

3:36

 

Parting Friends / Wayfaring Stranger

Anonymous 4 / Traditional

Gloryland

www.harmoniamundi.com

2:42

 

Alaudidae

Crowfoot / Adam Broome

Footpath

www.crowfootmusic.com

5:13

 

Ohio

Patty Griffin / Patty Griffin

American Kid

New West Records

5:12

 

Gonna Miss You When You're Gone

Patty Griffin / Patty Griffin

American Kid

New West Records

4:05

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.