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Traveling Music 2-5-17

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

2-5-17

 

Upcoming Concerts:

 

Willie Nile Sat. Feb. 11, 7:30 PM, Tap Root, Anchorage

Sun. Feb. 12, 6 PM, Vagabond Blues in Palmer

Peter Mulvey, with guest Heather Maloney, Sat. Feb. 25, 7:30 Tap Root

Sun. Feb. 26, 6 PM, Vagabond Blues

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

 

Thirsty in the Rain

Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan

The Walls of Time

Sugar Hill

3:04

 

No Place Like Home

Willie Nile / Willie Nile

American Ride

River House Records

3:22

 

Trempealeau

Peter Mulvey / Peter Mulvey

Silver Ladder

www.signaturesounds.com

3:15

 

If I Ever See The Light

Willie Nile / Willie Nile

American Ride

River House Records

3:06

 

Involuntary

Heather Maloney / Heather Maloney

Making Me Break

Signature Sounds

3:42

 

Walls of Time

Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan, Bill Monroe

The Walls of Time

Sugar Hill

4:27

 

Dandelion

Heather Maloney / Heather Maloney

Making Me Break

Signature Sounds

3:42

 

All On A Rising Day

Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan

All on a Rising Day

Sugar Hill

3:46

 

Remember The Milkman?

Peter Mulvey / PM and Matt Lorenz

Silver Ladder

www.signaturesounds.com

2:47

 

Eighteen Fifty-Five

Heather Maloney / Heather Maloney

Making Me Break

Signature Sounds

4:22

 

American Ride

Willie Nile / Willie Nile

American Ride

River House Records

4:51

 

Midnight Highway

Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan, G. Nicholson

All on a Rising Day

Sugar Hill

2:56

 

Making Me Break

Heather Maloney / Heather Maloney

Making Me Break

Signature Sounds

2:58

 

Dust Bowl Children

Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan

Dust Bowl Children

Sugar Hill

3:50

 

She's Got My Heart

Willie Nile / Willie Nile

American Ride

River House Records

3:08

 

Wings of Horses

Peter Rowan / Peter Rowan

Dust Bowl Children

Sugar Hill

1:30

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.