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Traveling Music 6-23-19

Traveling Music

Shonti Elder

6-23-19

Format:

Song Title

Artist / Composer

CD Title

Label

Duration

Heart on Fire

Emma Hill / Emma Hill

Magnesium Dreams

www.emmahillmusic.com

3:00

Over Country

Betsy Scott / Betsy Scott, Keith Greeninger

Over Country

www.betsysings.com

6:48

The Gardener

Mary Schallert / Larry Schallert

Short Stories

www.maryschallert.com

5:03

Blind and Broken

The Norris Bowers Band / Aurora Bowers

Gin Chicken

www.norrisbowersband.com

3:23

Are You Missing Me?

Frank Sollivan (with Megan McCormick) and Friends / Charles Bell, Norma Bell

Family, Friends and Heroes

Compass Records

4:24

Metal and Stone

Tanana Rafters / Jamie Whiteman

All My Fault

www.tananarafters.com/band

4:29

Bill’s Waltz

Mary Schallert / Mary Schallert

Short Stories

www.maryschallert.com

4:00

The Sun

Emma Hill / Emma Hill

Magnesium Dreams

www.emmahillmusic.com

4:05

Nellie Darling

The Norris Bowers Band / Scott Norris

Gin Chicken

www.norrisbowersband.com

4:46

The Fishin’ Song

Frank Sollivan and Friends / Charles Tyson Smith, Frank Sollivan

Family, Friends and Heroes

Compass Records

3:45

Lazy Mountain Blues

Tanana Rafters / Jamie Whiteman

All My Fault

www.tananarafters.com/band

3:55

Come On Honey

Betsy Scott / Betsy Scott, Mali Gosney

Over Country

www.betsysings.com

4:11

Nobody’s Baby

Emma Hill / Emma Hill

Magnesium Dreams

www.emmahillmusic.com

3:25

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.