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Traveling Music 4-22-18

Traveling Music

Date: 4-22-18

Shonti Elder

 

Format:  Tune Title

Performer / Composer

Album Title

Recording Company

Length

 

The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room

Flight of the Conchords / Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie

Flight of the Conchords

Sub Pop Records

5:09

 

Delta Queen Waltz

The John Hartford Stringband, sung by Alan O’Bryant / John Hartford

Memories of John

Red Clay Records

4:31

 

Red Sky

Collin Stackhouse / Collin Stackhouse

Again Again

www.collinstackhouse.com

4:38

 

Far Away

Ryan Bowers and the Brain Trust / Ryan Bowers

Sweet Calamity

Ryanbowersandthebraintrust.com

4:06

 

Here We Are

Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell / Rodney Crowell

Old Yellow Moon

Nonesuch

3:17

 

Homer the Roamer (instrumental)

The John Hartford Stringband / John Hartford

Memories of John

Red Clay Records

4:17

 

Again Again

Collin Stackhouse / Collin Stackhouse

Again Again

www.collinstackhouse.com

5:23­­

 

The Morning

Ryan Bowers and the Brain Trust / Ryan Bowers

Sweet Calamity

Ryanbowersandthebraintrust.com

2:50

 

Drifting

Chris Hillman / Chris Hillman

The Other Side

Sovereign Artists

3:21

 

Bring Your Clothes Back Home

The John Hartford Stringband, sung by Mike Compton/ John Hartford

Memories of John

Red Clay Records

3:29

 

The Saddest Song

Collin Stackhouse / Collin Stackhouse

Again Again

www.collinstackhouse.com

3:20

 

Tears in the Sea

Ryan Bowers and the Brain Trust / Ryan Bowers

Sweet Calamity

Ryanbowersandthebraintrust.com

3:06

 

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.