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Traveling Music 10-21-18

Traveling Music

Date: 10-21-18

Shonti Elder

 

Upcoming Concert: Jim Kweskin: Sat. Oct. 27 Anchorage Museum

Sun. Oct. 28 Vagabond Blues, Palmer

 

Format:  Tune Title

Performer / Composer

Album Title

Recording Company

Length

 

Eight More Miles to Louisville

Jim Kweskin / Louis Marshall (Grandpa) Jones

In the 21st Century

Kingswood Records

2:50

 

Coffee’s Cold

Abigail Washburn / Washburn, Stapleton

Song of the Traveling Daughter

Nettwerk America

2:55

 

Drunkard’s Lament

Rise Up Jack / Trad.

Carrying on the Tradition

Camsco Music

2:35

 

Sofie’s Back In Town (originally Lulu’s Back in Town)

Jim Kweskin / Al Dubin, Harry Warren

In the 21st Century

Kingswood Records

3:17

 

Liar Alone

Harmony Sisters / Hazel Dickens

Carrying on the Tradition

Camsco Music

2:40

 

Eve Stole the Apple

Abigail Washburn / Abigail Washburn

Song of the Traveling Daughter

Nettwerk America

4:00

 

From Where I Sit

Anne Dodson – Anne Dodson

Carrying on the Tradition

Camsco Music

3:55

 

Papa’s On The Housetop

Jim Kweskin / Leroy Carr

In the 21st Century

Kingswood Records

2:34

 

Pat Do This

Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis / Traditional

Carrying on the Tradition

Camsco Music

2:52

 

Who’s Gonna Shoe

Abigail Washburn / Traditional

Song of the Traveling Daughter

Nettwerk America

3:47

 

Ain’t She Sweet

Jim Kweskin / Milton Ager & Jack Yellen

In the 21st Century

Kingswood Records

3:15

 

La pointe du jour (sometime) / La march des freres Gagnon (The march of the Gagnon brothers)

Jeter Le Pont / Traditional, Gagnon brothers

Carrying on the Tradition

Camsco Music

5:59

 

Nobody’s Fault But Mine

Abigail Washburn / Traditional

Song of the Traveling Daughter

Nettwerk America

2:37

 

Lady Be Good

Jim Kweskin / Leroy Carr

In the 21st Century

Kingswood Records

4:15

 

Red and Blazing

Abigail Washburn / Abigail Washburn

Song of the Traveling Daughter

Nettwerk America

4:13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.