Editorial Product Review: :For centuries the world over, mothers (and fathers) have been cradling, cooing, and crooning to babies and small children with song. There's scarcely a one of us that cannot recall a particularly gentle song a special someone sang for a wee self--to calm, soothe, and aid slumber. This tender music is to the soul what mother's milk is to the body, and we call it the lullaby. Rooted in age-old tradition, Lullaby: A Collection presents an even dozen lullabies from around the globe. Particularly beguiling ...
Editorial Product Review: :If you want to scare the pants off your 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds, but then make them merrily sing along, this Halloween collection could be for you. A generous 18 tracks deep, Spooky Favorites covers the familiar creepy-crawly terrain of 'Cockles and Mussels,' 'Spider on the Floor,' and 'There Was an Old Woman' with all the right affects. Favorites also trades in Christmas tunes, reworking 'The 12 Days of Christmas' as '12 Days of Halloween,' while 'Green Gremlins' reprises the 'Santa Claus Is Coming to ...
Editorial Product Review: :If you want to scare the pants off your 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds, but then make them merrily sing along, this Halloween collection could be for you. A generous 18 tracks deep, Spooky Favorites covers the familiar creepy-crawly terrain of 'Cockles and Mussels,' 'Spider on the Floor,' and 'There Was an Old Woman' with all the right affects. Favorites also trades in Christmas tunes, reworking 'The 12 Days of Christmas' as '12 Days of Halloween,' while 'Green Gremlins' reprises the 'Santa Claus Is Coming to ...
Editorial Product Review: :If you want to scare the pants off your 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds, but then make them merrily sing along, this Halloween collection could be for you. A generous 18 tracks deep, Spooky Favorites covers the familiar creepy-crawly terrain of 'Cockles and Mussels,' 'Spider on the Floor,' and 'There Was an Old Woman' with all the right affects. Favorites also trades in Christmas tunes, reworking 'The 12 Days of Christmas' as '12 Days of Halloween,' while 'Green Gremlins' reprises the 'Santa Claus Is Coming to ...
Editorial Product Review: :What could possibly be cooler than hipping kids to some of the best pop music ever made? Music for Little People makes this project simple by producing a batch of the Beatles' sunniest songs performed by a prime adult band and your children's peers and slightly reworked in kid-friendly keys. The result is largely devoid of over-the-top cutesy-poo histrionics--these kids can really sing and the harmonies are quite commendable. Young listeners will be thrilled to sing along on the bouncy chorus of 'Life Goes On,' ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:Take a spicy Cajun tour through Louisiana's bayou country on Choo Choo Boogaloo! The musical scenery includes foot-stompin', two-steppin,' finger poppin' zydeco emblazoned with hot guitar licks, sassy accordion, and a dash of blues thrown in for good measure. Traditional titles, including 'Get on Board,' 'Iko Iko,' 'Little Red Caboose,' and 'Cotton Fields,' have been well adapted to zydeco style, while 'Crawfish Song,' 'Mardi Gras Mambo,' and 'Give Me a Squeeze, Please' are right at home in this celebration of Cajun culture. Children ...
Editorial Product Review: :PUFF (THE MAGIC DRAGON) by Peter, Paul and Mary THE UGLY DUCKLING by Danny Kaye, Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra HEY DADDY by Anne Murray POLLY WOLLY DOODLE by Burl Ives and the Ray Charles Singers LITTLE RED CABOOSE by Sweet Honey In The Rock THIS OLD MAN by Pete Seeger SKIP TO MY LOU by John McCutcheon OVER THE RAINBOW by Judy Garland HOUSE AT POOH CORNER by Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina GARDEN SONG by Maria Muldaur BABY BELUGA by Raffi THE ...
Editorial Product Review: :French is probably the only language in the world that can make the most trivial idea sound grandiloquent. Imagine what it can do when the poetic Romance language is set to children's songs. It entertains and educates, bien sûr (of course)! UniVerse of Song: French is the fun and informative follow-up to UniVerse of Song: Spanish, and seems an ideal tool for starting second-language learning with elementary phrases and basic songs. Jean Rene and his versatile backing combo help make a handful of bilingual kids ...
Editorial Product Review: :The jewel in the crown in the Music for Little People catalog, Gift of the Tortoise is stunning in its beauty and uncompromising in its delivery of excellence. Expressed from the viewpoint of a very wise tortoise, the lush harmonies of Ladysmith Black Mambazo are supported by renowned guitarist Johnny Clegg and storyteller Gcina Mhlophe, creating a captivating blend of Zulu lore, South African history, and that country's brave optimism in the post-Apartheid era. As the drama unfolds, the listener is drawn into the spell ...
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