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Traveling Music 7-12-15

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

7-12-15

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Song for Ireland

Mary Black / Phil Colclough

Women of the World Celtic

Putumayo

4:55

 

The Parish of Dunkeld / The Curlew

Andy M. Stewart, Phil Cunningham / traditional

Flight of the Green Linnet

Ryko

3:52

 

The New Land (instrumental)

Touchstone / Otis Tomas

Her Infinite Variety, Celtic Women in Music & Song

Green Linnet

2:45

 

Farfar Sodger

Old Blind Dogs / Traditional, Rory Campbell, Johnny Hardie

Nua Teorainn

Green Linnet

5:50

 

Everywhere I Go

Rosemary Woods / Rosemary Woods

Celtic Sisters, The Women of Ireland

Clair Entertainment Group

3:16

 

There Were Roses

Tommy Sands / Tommy Sands

Joyful Noise

Green Linnett

6:25

Wild Wind

Kate Power / Kate Power

Celtic Planet

Hearts of Space

4:19

 

Clohinne Winds

Niamh Parsons and the Loose Connections

Joyful Noise

Green Linnet

4:44

 

Beautiful Affair

Mike Hanrahan / Mike Hanrahan

Celtic Lives, Tales of Pride

St. Clair Entertainment Group

3:41

 

Calum Breugach / the Devil in the Kitchen / Muileann Dubh / Sandy Cameron (instrumentals)

Eileen Ivers / Traditional

Her Infinite Variety, Celtic Women in Music & Song

Green Linnet

3:51

 

This Strange Place

Wolfstone / Ivan Drever

Nua Teorainn

Green Linnet

3:58

 

Reel Beatrice / The Abbey Reel (instrumentals)

Liz Carroll / Traditional

Joyful Noise

Green Linnett

2:32

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.