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Traveling Music 11-18-18

Traveling Music

Date: 11-18-18

Shonti Elder

 

Format:  Tune Title

Performer / Composer

Album Title

Recording Company

Length

 

Wide River To Cross

Buddy Miller / Buddy and Julie Miller

Universal United House of Prayer

New West Records

3:03

 

Here I Am

Emmylou Harris / Emmylou Harris

Stumble Into Grace

Nonesuch

3:46

 

The Holy Well

Tim O’Brien / Tim O’Brien

Two Journeys

Howdy Skies Records

3:15

 

Let The Bird Go Free

Laurie Lewis / Mark Simos

Birdsong

www.laurielewis.com

4:34

 

Gum Tree Canoe

John Hartford / John Hartford

A John Hartford Anthology: Me Oh My, How the time Does Fly

Flying Fish

4:05

 

Wildflowers

Kathy Kallick / Kathy Kallick

Between the Hollow and the High-Rise

Live Oak Records

4:30

 

Exactly Like You

 

Hot Club of Cowtown / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh

Continental Stomp

High Tone Records

4:22

 

Fire and Water

Buddy Miller / Buddy and Julie Miller

Universal United House of Prayer

New West Records

4:01

 

All That You Have is Your Soul

Emmylou Harris / Tracy Chapman

All I Intended to Be

Nonesuch

4:41

 

Mahk Jchi

Ulali / Ulali

Makh Jchi

www.ulali.com

2:40

 

When the Night Bird Sings

Laurie Lewis / Mark Simos

Birdsong

www.laurielewis.com

4:36

 

For the Fallen

Tim O’Brien / Tim O’Brien

Two Journeys

Howdy Skies Records

3:19

 

I’m Still Here

John Hartford / John Hartford

A John Hartford Anthology: Me Oh My, How the time Does Fly

Flying Fish

3:08

 

There’s A Higher Power

Kathy Kallick / Louvin Brothers

Between the Hollow and the High-Rise

Live Oak Records

3:07

 

Singin’ My Troubles Away

Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / Alton Delmore

Singin’ My Troubles Away

Flying Fish

2:44

 

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.