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Traveling Music 3-6-16

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

3-6-16

 

Concert ahead: Solas, Friday, March 18, PAC (by Anchorage Concert Association)

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

All That You Ask Me

Solas / Kieran Goss

Another Day

Shanachie

5:14

 

The Blind Harper

Kate Rusby / lyrics traditional, tune by Nic Jones

Underneath the Stars

Compass Records

4:07

 

Battle of Waterloo

Old Blind Dogs / melody traditional, words by Jim Malcolm

The World's Room

Green Linnett

5:39

 

Darkness, Darkness

Solas / Jesse Colin Young

The Edge of Silence

Shanachie

4:58

 

Mill o'Tifty

Old Blind Dogs / traditional

The World's Room

Green Linnett

6:58

 

Sweet Bride

Kate Rusby / Kate Rusby

Sleepless

Compass Records

3:38

 

Prelude #1 / Black Annis

Solas / Seamus Egan, Antje Duvekot

The Edge of Silence

Shanachie

6:30

 

Forfar Sodger

Old Blind Dogs / traditional, additional tunes by Rory Campbell, and Jonny Hardie

The World's Room

Green Linnett

5:50

 

Birds in the Tree (instrumentals)

Solas / Laurel's Reel by Allie Bennett, Dougie MacDonalds by Dougie MacDonald,

Bird in the Tree - Traditional

Another Day

Shanachie

5:30

 

Sailor Song

Solas / Ricki Lee Jones

For Love and Laughter

Compass Records

4:08

 

Paddy Taylors (instrumental)

Solas / John McCusker

Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers

Shanachie

1:10

 

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.