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Traveling Music 2-14-16

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

2-14-16

(Valentine's Day)

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

This Love Will Carry

Dougie MacLean / Dougie MacLean

Wells for Zoe: Water For Life

Compass Records

5:40

 

Ten Thousand Miles

The Websters and Scott Nygaard / Traditional

Ten Thousand Miles

Lots of Rabbits Records

6:03

 

Fishing in the Dark

Wendy Waldman / Wendy Waldman, Jim Photoglo

My Time in the Desert

Longhouse

5:04

 

Mountain

Anne Weiss / Anne Weiss

Crossing the Border

Likapika Music

5:52

 

Honey Babe

Brooks Williams / Steiner, Webster

Blues & Ballads

Red Guitar Blue Music

3:21

 

Language of the Heart

David Wilcox / David Wilcox

The Very Best of David Wilcox

Ingrooves Fontana / A&M

4:41

 

Hello Stranger

Doc & Merle Watson / A.P. Carter

Down South

Sugar Hill

2:16

 

My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You

Brian Wicklund / Ross, Wills

Arrival

www.brianwicklund.com

3:03

 

Acony Bell

Gillian Welch / Gillian Welch, David Rawlings

Revival

Almo Sounds

3:05

 

The Glory of Love

Ben Winship & Brian Wicklund / William Hill

Big Twang

Snake River Records

 

 

Gonna Write Me A Letter

The Websters and Scott Nygaard / Traditional

Ten Thousand Miles

Lots of Rabbits Records

4:57

 

How Did You Find Me Here?

David Wilcox / David Wilcox

The Very Best of David Wilcox

Ingrooves Fontana / A&M

3:10

 

Defying Gravity

Cheryl Wheeler / Cheryl Wheeler

Defying Gravity

Philo

2:55

 

Some Good Thing

The Wailin' Jennies / Nicky Mehta

Firecracker

www.thewailinjennys.com

3:16

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.