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Family Tree
: essential recording:Family Tree ranks as singer/songwriter Tom Chapin's best overall children's release. Chapin applies a grand musical scheme, integrating horns, well-recorded large ensembles, and more, which results in a mix that will wow parents and kids alike. He prefers narrative-oriented songs, and here does a wonderful job on a father-son relationship in 'Shovelling' and includes a touching lullaby-like farewell to friends on 'Together Tomorrow.' Unlike lots of children's music, in which a simple vibe is struck and then stuck with throughout, this collection varies with each song, often using humor ...
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Song and Play Time with Pete Seeger
:Album Description:Pete Seeger offers his music as a gift to all of us so that we might make it our own, part of our personal or family tradition. During a career spanning more than six decades, he has roused audiences - of children and adults - to tap their feet, clap their hands, and sing along with him. These songs from children, originally recorded in 1960, present Pete Seeger at his best. Straightforward and irresistable, his voice invites us to join with him for the fun of it. Beautifully remastered, 12-page ...
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Early Early Childhood Songs
:Album Description:Eight favorites performed with nursery school children. Features melodies performed on folk instruments followed by playful group exercises for melody recognition. Includes Mary Had a Little Lamb, Farmer in the Dell, and Skip to My Lou. 'You hear the fits and starts of hesitant children, at first mumbling ditties like This Old Man, then growing confident, until they sing without self-consciousness...' - Entertainment Weekly
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Evergreen Everblue
: :EVERGREEN EVERBLUE MAMA'S KITCHEN BIG BEAUTIFUL PLANET ALIVE AND DREAMING WHERE I LIVE WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH US OUR DEAR, DEAR MOTHER JUST LIKE THE SUN CLEAN RAIN ONE LIGHT, ONE SUN WE ARE NOT ALONE
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Rainbow Connection
: :This charming, super-casual collection began as a children's record and later became a 'family' record--a designation that reflects the contributions of Nelson's daughter Amy as well as the inclusion of more 'adult' material. It's difficult to think of another artist who'd pull together such a unique selection of songs. Nelson tackles odd kid-friendly little ditties from country's past such as 'I'm My Own Grandpa' (a 1948 hit for Lonzo & Oscar), the Western swing favorite 'Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon,' and Jimmie Dolan's boogie 'Playin' Dominoes and Shootin' ...
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The Amazing Adventures of Kid Astro
:Album Description:Ralph's World takes the normally placid genre of kid's music, straps it to a Saturn IV rocket, and blasts it to the heavens. Venture into a musical universe ripe with Queen-era rock bombast, flanged guitars, rampaging ants, tree house orchestras, wah-wah pedaled dump trucks, and of course, monkeys. Ralph's World remains the fastest growing independent success story in children's/family music today, selling over 100,000 units. :With Kid Astro, the one-man musical universe that is Ralph Covert pulls up a chair alongside heroes and legends. Ralph's talent as a singer/songwriter and ...
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Folksongs & Bluegrass for Children
:Album Description:Ralph's World takes the normally placid genre of kid's music, straps it to a Saturn IV rocket, and blasts it to the heavens. Venture into a musical universe ripe with Queen-era rock bombast, flanged guitars, rampaging ants, tree house orchestras, wah-wah pedaled dump trucks, and of course, monkeys. Ralph's World remains the fastest growing independent success story in children's/family music today, selling over 100,000 units. :With Kid Astro, the one-man musical universe that is Ralph Covert pulls up a chair alongside heroes and legends. Ralph's talent as a singer/songwriter and ...
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John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Wintersongs
:Album Description:Ralph's World takes the normally placid genre of kid's music, straps it to a Saturn IV rocket, and blasts it to the heavens. Venture into a musical universe ripe with Queen-era rock bombast, flanged guitars, rampaging ants, tree house orchestras, wah-wah pedaled dump trucks, and of course, monkeys. Ralph's World remains the fastest growing independent success story in children's/family music today, selling over 100,000 units. :With Kid Astro, the one-man musical universe that is Ralph Covert pulls up a chair alongside heroes and legends. Ralph's talent as a singer/songwriter and ...
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Cada Nino (Every Child)
: :Cada Nino/Every Child, a collection of songs for children, is more down-to-earth than Tish Hinojosa's other 1996 release, the overblown Dreaming from the Labyrinth/Sonar del Laberinto. Her lovely soprano delivers such simple, appealing songs as Carl Martin's 'The Barnyard Dance' and her own 'Simply for Love' in both Spanish and English, making this an invaluable aid in bilingual situations. Less successful is Hinojosa's decision to have children play shaky solos and sing cloying harmonies on several numbers. --Geoffrey Himes
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Children's Concert at Town Hall
: essential recording:In addition to being an activist icon, Pete Seeger is also a singularly ingratiating entertainer whose effortless charm and gentle humor give him a natural rapport with children and adults alike. This expanded edition of the much-loved Children's Concert at Town Hall adds nine songs not on the original 1962 LP, and includes such favorites as 'Skip to My Lou,' 'I've Been Working on the Railroad,' 'Michael Row the Boat Ashore,' 'Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal,' and Woody Guthrie's 'This Land Is Your Land.' Seeger's easygoing charisma is ...
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