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Traveling Music 1-17-16

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

1-17-16

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Next two weekends are Anchorage Folk Festival www.anchoragefolkfestival.org

free concerts at the Wendy Williamson, beginning Thursday, Jan. 21 and lasting two weekends: Jan. 21-24, and Jan.  29-31

 

 

Sitting in a Hotel Room

Eric Bibb / Eric Bibb

Deeper in the Well

Stoney Plain Records

2:49

 

Foreign Lander

The Norris Bowers Band / Traditional

Gin Chicken

www.norrisbowersband.com

5:40

 

Somebody Have Mercy

Alice Gerrard (with Laurie Lewis) / Alice Gerrard

Bittersweet

Spruce and Maple Music

4:06

 

Chocolate Man

Guy Davis / Guy Davis

Skunkmello

Red House

4:01

 

Sun Might Shine

Grant Dermody / Grant Dermody

Sun Might Shine on Me

www.grantdermody.org

3:22

 

 

Down By The Creek

The Creekwalkers  / David Thompson

Slow Motion Sky

www.thecreekwalkers.com

3:28

 

Play Me a Song I Can Cry To

Alice Gerrard (with Laurie Lewis) / Alice Gerrard

Bittersweet

Spruce and Maple Music

4:30

 

Luckiest Man Here On Earth

Todd Grebe & Cold Country / Todd Grebe

Citizen

www.toddgrebe.com

2:42

 

Blind and Broken

The Norris Bowers Band / Aurora Bowers

Gin Chicken

www.norrisbowersband.com

3:22

 

Never Made It Home

The Creekwalkers (Julie Elkins - lead vocal) / David Thompson

Slow Motion Sky

www.thecreekwalkers.com

4:36

 

Tree Of Life (harmonica instrumental)

Grant Dermody / Grant Dermody

Sun Might Shine on Me

www.grantdermody.org

2:56

 

Brown Hair

Todd Grebe & Cold Country / Travis Zuber

Citizen

www.toddgrebe.com

4:03

 

Long Dark Night

The Creekwalkers  (Julie Elkins - lead vocal) / David Thompson

Slow Motion Sky

www.thecreekwalkers.com

4:16

 

Wide Blue World

Collette Costa

You Can't Blame A Girl

www.costasdiner.com

4:14

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.