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Traveling Music 4-9-17

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

4-9-17 (fund drive)

 

Upcoming Concerts: The Murphy Beds (Eamon O'Leary and Jefferson Hamer)

Thursday, April 13, Hard Rock Cafe, Anchorage

Friday, April 14, Vagabond Blues, Palmer

Liz Vice, Saturday, April 29, PAC, Anchorage

Sunday, April 30, Glenn Massay Theater, Palmer

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Baby I Want Your Love

Cindy Bullens / Cindy Bullens

Neverland

Blue Lobster Records

4:34

 

You Plant Your Fields

Wendy Waldman / Wendy Waldman

Back By Fall; A Retrospective

Longhouse Records

3:56

 

There's A Light

Liz Vice / Shirley Ann Lee

There's A Light

Ramseur Records

2:02

 

Send Me An Angel

Cindy Bullens / Cindy Bullens

Neverland

Blue Lobster Records

 

Gravity and Grace

Cindy Bullens / Cindy Bullens

Neverland

Blue Lobster Records

 

Immigrant Shoes

Sylvia / John Mack

It's All in the Family

Red Pony Records

4:10

 

Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

Murphy Beds (Eamon O'Leary, Jefferson Hamer) / W. T. Wrighton, J.E. Carpenter

The Murphy Beds

murphybedsmusic.com

4:42

 

Raglan Road (Dawning of the Day)

Peter Rowan / P. Kavanagh, K. Kavanagh

The Walls of Time

Sugar Hill

3:40

 

Young Emily

Murphy Beds (Eamon O'Leary, Jefferson Hamer) / Traditional

The Murphy Beds

murphybedsmusic.com

6:03

 

Jigs: McLoughlins / Langstern Pony (instrumentals)

Dale Russ & Finn MacGinty / Traditional

North Amerikay

Aniar Records

3:35

 

The Navvy Boy

Murphy Beds (Eamon O'Leary, Jefferson Hamer) / Traditional

The Murphy Beds

murphybedsmusic.com

4:05

 

Puppy Belly Dance

Peter Ostroushko / Peter Ostroushko

Heart of the Heartland

Red House Records

1:30 (shortened)

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.