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Traveling Music 9-30-18

Traveling Music

Date: 9 – 30 - 18

Shonti Elder

 

Format:  Tune Title

Performer / Composer

Album Title

Recording Company

Length

 

Reuben’s Train

Foghorn String Band / Traditional

Rock Island Grange

Foghornstringband.com

3:34

 

 

You Won’t Let Me Go - instrumental

Josh White Jr. with Robin Batteau / B. Johnson, B. Allen

Steal This Disc

Ryko

2:26

 

Lonesome Homesick Blues

Foghorn String Band / Carter family

Rock Island Grange

Foghornstringband.com

2:33

 

Natural Bridge Blues

Foghorn String Band / Traditional

Rock Island Grange

Foghornstringband.com

2:24

 

Ain’t Got Time

Foghorn String Band / Traditional

Rock Island Grange

Foghornstringband.com

2:03

 

A Man of Constant Sorrow

Jackson Browne with Sharon Shannon / Traditional

Hands Across the Water / a Benefit for the children of the tsunami

Compass Records

3:35

 

A Change is Gonna Come

Clarence Bekker, Grandpa Elliott vocals / Sam Cooke

Playing for Change

Hear Music

6:07

 

Hey Willy Boy

Townes Van Zandt / Townes Van Zandt

Daddies Sing Good Night

Sugar Hill

1:52

 

Full Circle

Tim O’Brien / Tim O’Brien

Daddies Sing Good Night

Sugar Hill

4:46

 

Alaska Lullaby

M.J. Riemann / M.J. Riemann

Our House is Full

Surreal Studios

3:11

 

Home is Where the Heart Is

Red Clay Ramblers / M. Craver

Steal This Disc

Ryko

2:15

 

Wild Horses

Old & in the Way / Mick Jagger, Keith Richard

Steal This Disc

Ryko

4:19

 

Once in a Very Blue Moon

Nanci Griffith / Nanci Griffith

Steal This Disc

Ryko

2:31

 

One Love

Keb’ Mo, Mermans Kenkosenki and more / Bob Marley

Playing for Change

Hear Music

5:00

 

An Occasional Song

Cerys Matthews with John Jorgenson and Stuart Duncan / Traditional

Hands Across the Water / a Benefit for the children of the tsunami

Compass Records

3:07

 

Nolabye – dobro instrumental

Jerry Douglas / Jerry Douglas

Daddies Sing Good Night

Sugar Hill

3:18

 

Cumberland Plateau

John Cowan with the Brock McGuire Band / John Cowan, Darrell Scott

Hands Across the Water / a Benefit for the children of the tsunami

Compass Records

2:56

 

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.