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Traveling Music October 16, 16

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

10-16-16

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

When The Last Leaf Falls

The Bills / Chris Frye

Trail of Tales

Borealisrecords.com

2:40

 

First Light

Grant Dermody / Grant Dermody

Lay Down My Burden

www.grantdermody.com

3:36

 

Working Girl Blues

Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands / Hazel Dickens

The Hazel and Alice Sessions

spruceand maplemusic.com

4:33

 

Blue Wind Blew

The Flatlanders / Townes Van Zandt

A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt, Poet

TVZ Records

3:17

 

Does My Ring Burn Your Finger?

Red Molly / Buddy and Julie Miller

Light in the Sky

www.redmolly.com

3:08

 

To the Angry Evangelist

Po' Girl / Allison Russell

Home To You

nettwerk

3:43

Immigrant Eyes

Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt / Guy Clark

Together at the Bluebird Cafe

www.snappermusic.com

4:08

 

James Alley Blues

Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands / Richard "Rabbit" Brown

The Hazel and Alice Sessions

spruceand maplemusic.com

2:28

 

Lay Down My Burden

Grant Dermody / Grant Dermody

Lay Down My Burden

www.grantdermody.com

4:29

 

Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?

Red Molly / Dolly Parton

Light in the Sky

www.redmolly.com

3:21

 

Valentine's Day

Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark / Steve Earle

Together at the Bluebird Cafe

www.snappermusic.com

3:10

 

Ain't Life Sweet

Po' Girl / Penny Lang

Home To You

nettwerk

2:20

 

Hittin' The Do

The Bills / Atkinson, White, Frye

Trail of Tales

Borealisrecords.com

3:10

 

Soul of Man

Grant Dermody, John Miller, Orville Johnson / Blind Willie Johnson

Deceiving Blues

Orb Discs

3:45

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.