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Traveling Music 4-23-17

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

4-23-17

 

Concert ahead:  Liz Vice, Saturday, April 29, 7:30 PM at the PAC in Anchorage, Sunday, April 30, 7 PM at the Glenn Massay Theater in Palmer

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Truly Today

Liz Vice / Josh White

There's A Light

Ramseur Records

4:16

 

The Angels Laid Him Away

Rhiannon Giddens / Missisippi John Hurt

Freedom HIghway

Nonesuch

2:45

 

What Are Those Things (With Big Black Wings)

Session Americana with Jefferson Hamer / D. Frazier, A. Owens

Great Shakes

www.JeffersonHamer.com

2:45

 

Dream of Me

Alison Krauss / P. Goble, B. Osborne

Windy City Deluxe

Capitol Records

4:03

 

Crow Molly / Ship in the Clouds (instrumentals)

Scott Nygaard / Scott Nygaard, Norman Edmonds

Dreamer's Waltz

Rounder

3:30

 

Little Bird

The Immigrant Band / John Doyle and Ashley Davis

The Immigrant Band

Yodel-Ay-Hee

5:32

 

Julie

Rhiannon Giddens / Rhiannon Giddens

Freedom HIghway

Nonesuch

4:28

 

Abide

Liz Vice / Josh White

There's A Light

Ramseur Records

3:30

 

Losing You

Alison Krauss / P. Havet, J. Renard, C. Sigman

Windy City

Capitol Records

2:52

 

Stay Single If You Can

The Immigrant Band / John Herrman

The Immigrant Band

Yodel-Ay-Hee

2:43

 

Mind the Gap (instrumental)

Scott Nygaard / Scott Nygaard

Dreamer's Waltz

Rounder

3:03

 

Barefoot Sailors

Session Americana with Jefferson Hamer / Ry Cavanagh, Jefferson Hamer

Great Shakes

www.JeffersonHamer.com

4:23

 

At The Purchaser's Option

Rhiannon Giddens / Rhiannon Giddens, Joey Ryan

Freedom HIghway

Nonesuch

4:15

 

My Boy Willie

The Immigrant Band / Traditional

The Immigrant Band

Yodel-Ay-Hee

4:42

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.