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Traveling Music 1-31-16

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

1-31-16

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Weather With You

Andrea Zonn / Neil Finn, Tim Finn

Love Goes On

Compass Records

3:33

 

Jump The Broom

Adrienne Young and Little Sadie / Adrienne Young and Will Kimbrough

The Art of Virtue

Addabelle Records

3:37

 

You Are What I Am

J.D. Crowe and the New South / Gordon Lightfoot

J.D. Crowe and the New South

Rounder

2:17

 

Somebody More Like You

Nickel Creek / Sean Watkins

Why Should The Fire Die?

Sugar Hill

2:50

 

Heads Up for the Wrecking Ball

Andrea Zonn / Beth Nielsen Chapman

Love Goes On

Compass Records

3:49

 

Looking for Something

Carrie Newcomer / Carrie Newcomer

The Bird or the Wing

Philo

4:08

 

Trois Navires with the Cos Reel

Nightingale / traditional

The Coming Dawn

Epact

4:13

 

Doubting Thomas

Nickel Creek / Chris Thile

Why Should The Fire Die?

Sugar Hill

3:18

 

First and Last Waltz (instrumental)

Nickel Creek / Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins

Why Should The Fire Die?

Sugar Hill

1:53

 

Welcome The Rain

Andrea Zonn / Craig Carothers

Love Goes On

Compass Records

4:40

 

Up in the Attic

Carrie Newcomer / Carrie Newcomer

My Father's Only Son

Philo

4:06

 

My Love Will Keep

Adrienne Young and Little Sadie / Adrienne Young, Mark D. Sanders

The Art of Virtue

Addabelle Records

4:18

 

Tickle Cover Pond, Over the Ice, the Culfadda

Nightingale / traditional; Keith Murphy; traditional

The Coming Dawn

Epact

6:04

 

House Carpenter

Nickel Creek / traditional

This Side

Sugar Hill

5:30

 

Cryin' Holy

J.D. Crowe and the New South / traditional

J.D. Crowe and the New South

Rounder

2:11

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.