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Traveling Music 12-13-15

Traveling Music

guest host Kluonie Frey

(Shonti Elder's daughter)

12-13-15

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Straight No Chaser / Johnny Marks

Christmas Cheers

Atco / Atlantic

2:21

 

Party Hard

Zach Gill / Zach Gill

This Warm December

Brushfire Records, Inc

1:59

 

The Rebel Jesus

Jackson Browne and the Chieftains / Jackson Browne

The Bells of Dublin

RCA Victor

3:48

 

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Pentatonix / Tchaikovsky

That's Christmas To Me

RCA Records

2:07

 

You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch

Straight No Chaser / Theodore (Dr.) Seuss, Albert Hague

Christmas Cheers

Atco / Atlantic

2:54

 

S'Vivon

Alaska Childrens Choir / Traditional

This Christmastide

Independent, www.alaskachildrenschoir.net

1:59

Athiest's Christmas Carol

Vienna Teng / Vienna Teng

Warm Strangers

Virt Records

4:25

 

St. Stephen's Day Murders

The Chieftains with Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello

The Bells of Dublin

RCA Victor

3:25

 

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlin / Traditional

Barenaked for the Holidays

Raisin Records

3:30

 

Wassail Song

Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum / Traditional

Winter's Grace

Signature Sounds

3:32

 

Winter Song

Sara Barielles, and Ingrid Michaelson / Sara Barielles, and Ingrid Michaelson

The Hotel Cafe Presents Winter Songs

Epic Records

4:27

 

First Christmas (Away From Home)

Stan Rogers / Stan Rogers

Between the Breaks

Fogarty's Cove

6:23

 

O Christmas Tree

Ann Reed /  Ann Reed

(Not Your Average) Holiday CD

www.annreed.com

3:32

 

Twelve Days of Christmas (original from 1998)

Straight No Chaser / Traditional arr. Straight No Chaser

Christmas Cheers

Independent www.sncmusic.com

3:44

 

That's Christmas To Me

Pentatonix / Kristen Anderson-Lopez

That's Christmas To Me

RCA Records

3:03

 

Christmas Time is Here

Afro Blue / Vince Geraldi

The Sing-Off Songs of the Season

Epic

2:54

 

A Raven in the Snow

Brian Dunning and Jeff Johnson / Brian Dunning and Jeff Johnson

Celtic Christmas III

Windham Hill

4:08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.