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Traveling Music 9-24-17

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

9-24-17

 

Upcoming Concerts:  Sarah Jarosz: Tuesday, Oct. 3 Vagabond Blues, Palmer,

Wednesday, Oct. 4, PAC - Discovery Theater

Birds of Chicago: Oct. 22 Vagabond Blues, Palmer, Oct. 21, PAC

 

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

 

Everything To Hide

Sarah Jarosz / Sarah Jarosz

Undercurrent

Sugar Hill

3:23

 

Dim Star of the Palisades

Rhiannon Giddens with Birds of Chicago /

Real Midnight

Five Head Entertainment

2:57

 

Cumberland Gap

The Improbabillies / Traditional

The Improbablillies

www.improbabillies.com

3:01

 

Back of My Mind

Sarah Jarosz / Sarah Jarosz

Undercurrent

Sugar Hill

3:38

 

Old Time Friends

Susan Grace / Susan Grace

Circle of Friends

www.ptialaska.net/~blackdog/grace.htm

2:49

 

Black-Eyed Susie

The Improbabillies / Traditional

The Improbablillies

www.improbabillies.com

2:51

Mountain Girl

Mudlark / Laura Sandage

Nest

www.mudlarkmusic.com

4:10

 

Starfish

Robin Hopper / Robin Hopper

Scrapbook

www.robinhopper.com

4:19

 

Let Us Dance

Ice Jam / Skip Nodler, Nancy Slayton

Tanana Mud

Store.cdbaby.com/cd/icejam

4:11

 

Lost Dog

Sarah Jarosz / Sarah Jarosz

Undercurrent

Sugar Hill

3:39

 

Estrella Goodbye

Rhiannon Giddens with Birds of Chicago /

Real Midnight

Five Head Entertainment

3:11

 

The Little Wolves Cried

Emma Hill / Emma Hill

The Black and Wretched Blue

Kuskokwim Records

3:44

 

Up on a Mountaintop

Robin Hopper / Robin Hopper

The Alaska Collection

www.robinhopper.com

3:11

 

Take Me Back

Sarah Jarosz / Sarah Jarosz

Undercurrent

Sugar Hill

2:34

 

Chatanika River Song

Susan Grace / Susan Grace

Circle of Friends

www.ptialaska.net/~blackdog/grace.htm

2:53

 

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.