“Hootenanny” delivers important messages in some rockin’ rootsy tunes.
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New CD releases
Jan. 29 Disney Favorites, by Choo Choo Soul, $8.99 Genevieve and DC perform Disney Classic songs with an urban twist. Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of Rush, by Rockabye Baby, $14.99 Get Moving With Ella Jenkins, by Ella Jenkins, $11.99 A Swinging Jungle Tale, by Jumpin’ Jazz Kids box set, $22.82 Feb. 5 Songs & Story: […]
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Sing along with the world and Putumayo
There’s a reassuring familiarity about the Putumayo Kids series that’s a little like Putumayo itself, which is sort of the World Music 101 of record labels. From the faux folk-art CD covers to the varied (though not terribly varied) array of international artists, Putumayo certainly knows its formula well. In fact, you could argue such […]
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Review: Practically Ridiculous from The Jimmies
This fun and funky music will make any listener smile.
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Review: Dan Zanes and Friends, Little Nut Tree
He’s well into his second career as a kids’ musician, but Dan Zanes didn’t show up on my radar until a promo copy of his latest work, Little Nut Tree, showed up on my doorstep just a few months after adopting our son Elijah. For those of us who straddle the Gen-X and Baby Boom […]
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Rock Paper Scissors, Dean Jones featuring the Felice Brothers
With instruments from Americana, Dean Jones gets toddlers engaged and the mode is set to “jaunty.”
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Review of Hope Harris’ Picasso, That’s Who!
Hope Harris’ songs lead young listeners through a virtual gallery of famous artists using bluegrass, funk and some retro rock ’n’ roll along the way.
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Review of Swing Cafe, by Carl Norac
Author Carl Norac’s storybook-music CD set weaves classic jazz recordings from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington with a beautifully illustrated glossy book of magical prose.
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Make Believers, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Inspired by the experiences of his daughter, Saki, Joel Sullivan brings clever wordplay and sophisticated musical arrangements to the often watered-down genre of family music. Make Believers represents his third effort in the kid-hop genre, and with each release he explores more complex themes that reflect the kinds of issues his child is facing.
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Rolling on the river with the Okee Dokee Brothers
The Okee Dokee Brothers take an adventure-filled 30-day trip down the Mississippi … complete with chubby bunnies.
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Douglas Brake’s organic fall into children’s music
Musician Douglas Brake began making up songs to sing to his son before realizing those tunes could make an album.
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