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Traveling Music 8-14-16

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

8-14-16

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

I Haven't Said I Love You in a While

O'Connor Band / Forrest O'Connor

Coming Home

Rounder

3:53

 

You Can't Stop

Claudia Schmidt / Claudia Schmidt

It Looks Fine From Here

Red House

3:14

 

What Have I Been Saying?

O'Connor Band / Forrest O'Connor

Coming Home

Rounder

3:48

 

If I Needed You

Misty River / Townes Van Zandt

Rising

www.mistyriverband.com

3:44

 

Always Do

O'Connor Band / Forrest O'Connor

Coming Home

Rounder

3:12

 

Lean in Toward the Light

Carrie Newcomer / Carrie Newcomer

The Beautiful Not Yet

www.carrienewcomer.com

3:53

We Don't Know

Claudia Schmidt / Claudia Schmidt

It Looks Fine From Here

Red House

3:52

 

Throw the Window Open

Malcolm Dalglish and the Oolites / lyrics by Wendell Berry, music by Malcolm Dalglish

Hymnody of Earth

www.ooliticmusic.com

5:34

 

Blacktop Boy

O'Connor Band / Kate Lee, Pat Alger

Coming Home

Rounder

3:41

 

The Beautiful Not Yet

Carrie Newcomer / Carrie Newcomer

The Beautiful Not Yet

www.carrienewcomer.com

2:26

 

Sweet Old World

Emmylou Harris / Lucinda Williams

Wrecking Ball

Asylum Records

5:06

 

Those Memories of You

Misty River / Alan O'Bryant

Live at the Backgate Stage

www.mistyriverband.com

3:00

 

You Too

O'Connor Band / Forrest O'Connor, Jim Shirey

Coming Home

Rounder

3:44

 

Quiet Hills

Claudia Schmidt / Claudia Schmidt

It Looks Fine From Here

Red House

3:22

 

Fisher's Hornpipe

O'Connor Band / Traditional

Coming Home

Rounder

1:05

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.