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Traveling Music 10-1-17

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

10-1-17

 

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

 

Detour Sign

Aoife O'Donovan / Aoife O'Donovan

Man in a Neon Coat

Yep Roc Records

4:39

 

Early Morning Light

Sarah Jarosz / Sarah Jarosz

Undercurrent

Sugar Hill

2:35

 

You Asked Me To

Eli West (with Dori Freeman) / W. Jennings, B. Shaver

The Both

Elidoes.com

3:16

 

Stevenson's

Hannah Rarity / Hannah Rarity, Robert Louis Stevenson

Beginnings

www.hannahrarity

4:02

 

Barley

Rhiannon Giddens with Birds of Chicago /

Real Midnight

Five Head Entertainment

3:04

 

Color of Love

Rhiannon Giddens with Birds of Chicago /

Real Midnight

Five Head Entertainment

3:24

 

Porch Light

Aoife O'Donovan / Aoife O'Donovan

Man in a Neon Coat

Yep Roc Records

4:48

 

Comin' Undone

Sarah Jarosz / Sarah Jarosz

Undercurrent

Sugar Hill

3:01

 

If I Could Make You My Own

Eli West (with Dori Freeman) / D. Freeman

The Both

Elidoes.com

3:09

 

If I Could Make You My Own (instrumental version)

Eli West / D. Freeman

The Both

Elidoes.com

4:49

 

Where Are You Tonight I Wonder?

Hannah Rarity / Andy M. Stewart

Beginnings

www.hannahrarity

5:58

 

The Magic Hour

Aoife O'Donovan / Aoife O'Donovan

Man in a Neon Coat

Yep Roc Records

5:09

 

Lonesome Valley

Eli West / Woody Guthrie

The Both

Elidoes.com

2:43

 

Take Another Turn

Sarah Jarosz / Sarah Jarosz

Undercurrent

Sugar Hill

1:30 (had to fade out because of time)

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.