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Traveling Music 9-18-16

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

9-18-16

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Same Old River

Sam Bush / Jeff Black

Glamour & Grits

Sugar Hill

5:37

 

So Sang The River

Bill Staines / Bill Staines

One More River

Red House Records

3:50

 

Wings of Horses

Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan / A. R. Rowan

Dust Bowl Children

Sugar Hill

3:15

 

Daughters and Sons

Tommy Sands / Tommy Sands

Singing of the Times

Green Linnet

3:37

 

This Old River

Frank Solivan II / Frank Solivan II

I Am A Rambler

dirtykitchenband.com

4:23

 

Thirsty in the Rain

Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan

The Walls of Time

Sugar Hill

3:04

 

The Lord Came Unto Me

Sam Bush / Jim Roberts, Sam Bush, John Cowan

Glamour & Grits

Sugar Hill

2:50

 

When I Hear The Music Play

Bill Staines / Bill Staines

The Second Million Miles

Red House Records

3:54

 

If There Was No You

Brandi Carlile / Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth

Give Up the Ghost

Columbia

2:38

 

Short Cut Through the Fields

Tommy Sands with Dolores Keane / Tommy Sands

The Heart's A Wonder

Green Linnet

3:18

 

Child of Mine

Bill Staines / Bill Staines

The Second Million Miles

Red House Records

3:34

 

Remember That I Love You

Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan

Awake Me in the New World

Sugar Hill

4:49

 

Dying Day

Brandi Carlile / Tim Hanseroth

Give Up the Ghost

Columbia

3:32

 

All on a Rising Day

Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan, P. Flynn

All on a Rising Day

Sugar Hill

3:46

 

Spooky Lane (instrumental)

Sam Bush / Sam Bush

Glamour & Grits

Sugar Hill

4:01

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.