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Traveling Music 7-19-15

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

7-19-15

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Ragdoll Riches

Taimane / Taimane

Ukulele Dance

www.mountainapplecompany.com

3:53

 

Cumberland Rose

Sylvia / Sylvia

Cumberland Rose

Red Pony Records

5:29

 

Run Pony Run

The Mando Mafia / Kelly Perdue

Get Away

mandomafia.com

4:19

 

Coyote in Love (instrumental)

Jack Dwyer, Tim Connell / Jack Dwyer

Mando Planet

www.jackandtim.com

3:35

 

Pirates (instrumental)

The String Cheese Incident / Michael Kang

A String Cheese Incident

SCI Fidelity Records

9:27

 

Far Too Canadian

Spirit of the West / John Mann, Geoffrey Kelly

Spirituality: The Consumate Compendium

Rhino

6:35

 

Crazy Nightingale

Sylvia / Craig Bickhardt

Where in the World

Red Pony Records

4:27

 

The New Land

Swallowtail / O. Tomas

After the Dance

www.swallowtail.com

3:10

 

Life As We Knew It

Kathy Mattea / Walter Carter, Fred Koller

A Collection of Hits

Polygram

3:17

 

Bodysurfing (ukulele instrumental)

Taimane / Herb Ohta

Ukulele Dance

www.mountainapplecompany.com

3:11

 

Never Been So Lonely

The Mando Mafia / Jordan Puryear. Dirk Powell, lyrics Rick Friend

Get Away

mandomafia.com

4:47

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.