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Traveling Music 4-12-15

Traveling Music

4-12-15

Shonti Elder

 

Promoted:  Josh Ritter (Whistling Swan) concert Friday, April 17 at the PAC, Discovery Theater, and Saturday April 18 at the Glenn Massey Theater in Palmer on the campus of Mat-Su College

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Beeswing

Richard Thompson / Richard Thompson

Action Packed: The best of the Capitol Years

Capitol

5:31

 

Over the Hills

Lucy Kapalansky / Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Litvin

Our Side of Town: Red House Records 25th year collection

Red House Records

3:45

 

A Certain Light

Josh Ritter / Josh Ritter

The Beast in its Track

Pytheas Recordings

2:48

 

Lantern

Josh Ritter / Josh Ritter

So Runs The World Away

Pytheas Recordings

5:18

 

Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning

Red Molly / Traditional

Love and Other Tragedies

Red Molly

3:18

 

 

Sleep With One Eye Open

Chris Thile & Michael Daves / Lester Flatt

Sleep With One Eye Open

Nonesuch

3:18

 

Glory Bound

The Wailin’ Jennys / Ruth Moody

Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House

Red House Records

4:18

 

Waltzing's for Dreamers

Richard Thompson / Richard Thompson

Action Packed: The best of the Capitol Years

Capitol

4:06

 

Clara

Punch Brothers / Punch Brothers

Who's Feeling Young Now?

Nonesuch

3:21

 

The Appleblossom Rag

Josh Ritter / Josh Ritter

The Beast in its Track

Pytheas Recordings

4:27

 

Here At The Right Time

Josh Ritter / Josh Ritter

Animal Years

www.joshritter.com

3:39

 

Wichita

Red Molly / Gillian Welch

Love and Other Tragedies

redmolly.com

2:27

 

Who Would Of Thunk It?

Greg Brown / Greg Brown

Red House 25

Red House Records

4:33

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.