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Traveling Music 4-30-17

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

4-30-17

Upcoming Concerts:

Dougie MacLean:  Saturday May 13, 7:30 PM, Vagabond Blues, Palmer

Sunday May 14, 7 PM Sydney Lawrence Theater / PAC

 

Richard Thompson: Sunday, May 21, 7:30 PM Discovery Theater, PAC

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Life Without Susanna

Rodney Crowell / Rodney Crowell

Close Ties

New West Records

4:10

 

We Could Fly

Rhiannon Giddens / Rhiannon Giddens, Dirk Powell

Freedom Highway

Nonesuch

4:52

 

I'm Tied To Ya'

Rodney Crowell / Rodney Crowell

Close Ties

New West Records

3:59

 

Come Love Come

Rhiannon Giddens / Rhiannon Giddens

Freedom Highway

Nonesuch

5:19

 

Nashville 1972

Rodney Crowell / Rodney Crowell

Close Ties

New West Records

3:52

 

Hey Bebe

Rhiannon Giddens / Rhiannon Giddens

Freedom Highway

Nonesuch

3:19

 

Donal Og

Eamon O'Leary, Jefferson Hamer / Traditional

The Murphy Beds

www.murphybedsmusic.com

5:26

 

Caledonia

Dougie MacLean / Dougie MacLean

The Essential Dougie MacLean

www.dougiemaclean.com

5:01

 

Cooksferry Queen

Richard Thompson / Richard Thompson

Live from Austin, Texas

New West Records

3:28

 

Singing Land

Dougie MacLean / Dougie MacLean

The Essential Dougie MacLean

www.dougiemaclean.com

4:25

 

Ready For The Storm

Dougie MacLean / Dougie MacLean

The Essential Dougie MacLean

www.dougiemaclean.com

3:46

 

Persuasion

Richard Thompson / Richard Thompson

Live from Austin, Texas

New West Records

4:09

 

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.