The first musical instrument was most probably a flute, made from an animal bone. The oldest of these flutes is from 43,000 years ago. But music itself – chants, songs, incantations – is much, much older. Our stories look at music in its many forms, ancient and modern, and from many cultures.
That’s Billy Bragg & The Blokes doing one of Woodie Guthrie’s songs for children, “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ” from a new CD, “Daddy-O Daddy, Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie.
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Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Johnny-Marks.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 12/13/2001 Johnny Marks Transcript Christmas music, as we know it, would not be the same were it not for songwriter, Johnny Marks. His Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and other Christmas hits have become the audio equivalent to Christmas stockings and candy canes. Born […]
That’s the traditional Hasidic song, “In the Window,” each of the verses of which represent the lighting of one of candles for the eight days of Hanukkah, the Jewish Feast of Light, which begins today.
“Circle Game: Folk Music for Kids” is one of the mellowest CDs for kids released this year.
That’s Keb Mo with the opening track “Everybody Be Yoself” from his new CD for children and families called “Big Wide Grin.”
You are hearing a little of “What is the Smallest Part” from a recent CD about chemistry produced by Kim Mitzo Thompson and Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand, the sisters of Twin Sisters Productions.
That’s John McCutcheon swinging into fall on his “Autumnsongs” CD, the third in his Four Seasons cycle of songs that we’ve been reviewing on this program.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Monster-Mash.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/25/2001 The Monster Mash Transcript Much like Christmas, Halloween has it’s own set of songs that reflect the stories and themes of the holiday. You might call them Halloween Carols. Haunted House, by Jumpin’ Gene Simmons, Spooky, by the Classic’s Four, Moondance by Van […]
That’s the incomparable Willie Nelson, on the opening track for his new CD of music for children and families, “The Rainbow Connection,” with one of the most memorable instrumental solos in recent children’s music history.
The first voice you heard was that of Eleanor Roosevelt, followed by a verse from Jonathan Sprout’s musical tribute to this remarkable First Lady from his CD for children, “More American Heroes.”