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Traveling Music 6-7-15

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

6-7-15

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Love and Freedom

Cathie Ryan / Mary Brooksbank

The Music of What Happens

Shanachie

2:49

 

Mary in the Morning

Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell / Tommy Sands

Uncommon Bonds

Green Linnet

3:53

 

Downtown / The Leafy Lane (flute isntrumentals)

Fred Morrison / Fred Morrison

Outlands

Ridge Records

5:58

 

Long Beating Wing

Gerry O'Bierne / Gerry O'Bierne

Half Moon Bay

www.gerryobeirne.com

4:43

 

Cunla

Myriad / Traditional

Song of the Isles

Nomad Music

3:30

 

Larry the Beer Drinker (accordian instrumental)

Colm Murphy and Mairtin O'Connor / Mairtin O'Connor

The Irish Drum

CEFCD

2:30

At the Foot of Knocknarea

Cathie Ryan / Cathie Ryan

The Music of What Happens

Shanachie

4:03

 

Tarbolton Lodge (cello instrumental)

Abby Newton, cello with Alisdair Fraser, violin / Traditional

Crossing to Scotland

Culburnie Records

3:43

 

McKeown and I

Mick Maloney, Eugene O'Donnell, Seamus Egan / Mickey and Cormac McConnell

3 Way Street

Green Linnet

5:26

 

Mairi's Wedding (and Honeymoon in the Bahamas)

Neuantics / Traditional

Ten Strike

Queltic CD

4:08

 

Old Hag You Have Killed Me / Pride of Erin Jig / The Monument (flute instrumentals)

Laurence Nugent / traditional, traditional, Sean Nugent

Two For Two

Shanachie

3:58

 

John of Dreams

Mick Moloney with Eugene O'Donnell / lyrics Bill Caddick, music Tchaikovsky Symphony #6 (Pathetique)

Mick Moloney with Eugene O'Donnell

Green Linnet

3:15

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.