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Traveling Music 8-7-16

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

8-7-16

 

Upcoming concerts:

 

Saturday, August 13, Irish Club of Alaska presents Galway Days.

Free music and vendors on the lawn of Carr-Gottstein Building at Alaska Pacific University from 11 AM- 6:00 PM including nationally known musicians below.

Concert 8 PM at Anchorage Museum at Rassmuson Center featuring fiddler Caitlin Warbelow (originally from Fairbanks), Kevin Crawford and Patrick Doucey.

Rogues and Wenches will also be performing during the day

 

Sunday, Aug. 28 at 7 Rogues and Wenches in concert at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer,  at Windjammer pub, near the equestrian center.

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Goodbye to Ireland

Caitlin Warbelow and friends / traditional

Manhattan Island Sessions

caitlinwarbelow.com

2:02

 

Clare to Here

Rogues and Wenches with Philip Price / Ralph McTell

Three Sheets to the Wind

www.roguesandwenches.com

3:39

 

Withered and Died

Richard and Linda Thompson / Linda Thompson and Richard Thomson

The Best of Richard and Linda Thompson

Universal Island Records

3:27

 

Only Our Rivers Run Free

Rogues and Wenches / Mickey MacConnell

Three Sheets to the Wind

www.roguesandwenches.com

3:20

 

We'll Be Together Again

Dougie Maclean / Dougie Maclean

The Essential Dougie Maclean

www.dougiemaclean.com

5:20

 

Wilfie's Shaskeen Reels (instrumentals)

Caitlin Warbelow and friends / traditional

Manhattan Island Sessions

caitlinwarbelow.com

5:21

 

Night Comes In

Richard and Linda Thompson / Richard Thompson and Linda Thomson

The Best of Richard and Linda Thompson

Universal Island Records

8:09

 

Mary Ellen Carter

Rogues and Wenches / Stan Rogers

Three Sheets to the Wind

www.roguesandwenches.com

4:16

 

Who Will Sing Me A Lullaby?

Johnny Cuomo / Kate Rusby

Manhattan Island Sessions

caitlinwarbelow.com

6:03

 

Chanty Man

Rogues and Wenches / Benjamin James

Three Sheets to the Wind

www.roguesandwenches.com

3:48

 

There Was A Lady

Relativity (singer Triona Ni Dhomnaill) / Traditional

Relativity

Green Linnet

4:34

 

Monday Morning Reel (instrumental)

Relativity / Phil Cunningham

Gathering Pace

Green Linnet

2:00

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.