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Traveling Music 4-17-16

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

4-17-16

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

As the World Must Turn

Will Putman and Shonti Elder / Will Putman

live recording at the Alaska Folk Festival

Juneau, April 2016

4:00

 

My Old Chevy Van

The Carper Family / Melissa Carper, J. Bell

Old-Fashioned Gal

www.carperfamilyband.com

3:03

 

Boxcar Blues (Hello Sunshine)

The Carper Family / V. Wakeman

Old-Fashioned Gal

www.carperfamilyband.com

3:08

 

Lazy Man

Will Putman and Shonti Elder / Will Putman

live recording at the Alaska Folk Festival

Juneau, April 2016

3:45

 

You Are the Everything

Emmett Williams / Emmett Williams

Shine

www.emmettwilliams.com

3:18

 

Loving Me Like You Do

The Carper Family / L. Rondeau

Back When

www.carperfamilyband.com

2:22

Friends

Shonti Elder and Will Putman / Will Putman

Northwords

www.shontielder.com

3:15

 

Boom Gone Bust

James Keelaghan / James Keelaghan

History: The First 25 Years

borealisrecords.com

4:53

 

Tuesday Morning

Emmett Williams / Emmett Williams

Shine

www.emmettwilliams.com

4:00

 

Would You Like to get some Goats?

The Carper Family / M. Carper

Back When

www.carperfamilyband.com

3:21

 

My Fault

Shonti Elder and Will Putman / Shonti Elder

Northwords

www.shontielder.com

2:43

 

Somewhere Ahead

James Keelaghan / James Keelaghan

History: The First 25 Years

borealisrecords.com

3:12

 

Aunt Rose

The Carper Family / G. Gallina

Old-Fashioned Gal

www.carperfamilyband.com

1:51

 

Not Alone

Solas featuring Karen Casey / Patty Griffin

All These Years

THL Records

4:51

 

Last Chance to Dance

The Carper Family / J. Lilly

Old-Fashioned Gal

www.carperfamilyband.com

2:36

 

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.