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Traveling Muisc 8-5-17

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

8-5-17

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Alive

Skippinnish / Angus MacPhail

The Seventh Wave

www.skipinnish.com

4:11

 

Shetland Times and Tatties (instrumentals)

Corran Raa / Robbie Leask, Kath Bruce

Corran Raa

www.corranraa.co.uk

5:27

 

Maggie

Lori Watson / James Hogg, Lori Watson

The Rough Guide to Scottish Folk

www.worldmusic.net/scottishfolk

5:12

 

Gilmartin

David Ferrard / Kenny Brill

Beginner's Guide to Scotland

www.nascente.co.uk

6:04

 

Harvest of the Homeland

Skippinnish / Angus MacPhail and Norrie MacIver

The Seventh Wave

www.skipinnish.com

5:19

 

The Turn of the Road (instrumental)

Sylvia Barnes / Les Barker

Beginner's Guide to Scotland

www.nascente.co.uk

4:36

 

Real

Julienne Taylor / G. Lyle / M. Malamet

Celtic Songbirds

www.themusickitchen.co.uk

4:37

 

The Squinty Post / Waiting for the Tunes / Cheers for the Years

(instrumentals)

Corran Raa / Leask, Smith, Bruce

Corran Raa

Daydreams and Departures

5:16

 

Time Wears Awa'

Corran Raa / Traditional

Corran Raa

Daydreams and Departures

3:09

 

The Island - Introduction

Skippinnish / Angus MacPhail and Robert Robertson

The Seventh Wave

www.skipinnish.com

1:38

 

The Island

Skippinnish / Angus MacPhail and Robert Robertson

The Seventh Wave

www.skipinnish.com

3:49

 

Mary Black

MoChile Mear / Traditional

An Island Space

ACC001

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.