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New Orleans Playground

That’s the New Orleans group, The Meters, with “They All Asked For You.” It’s their funky tribute to the city’s famous Audubon Zoo, and you can find it on a new CD from Putamayo Kids called New Orleans Playground.

Thanksgiving Lullabies

Imagine having this on the CD player in the car, as you’re chasing around from store to store with the kids, on the busiest shopping day of the year, when we’re all obliged to be out and doing.

You Are My Little Bird

That’s part of the opening song for Elizabeth Mitchell’s new CD, You Are My Little Bird from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

My Best Day: Trout Fishing in America

That’s Trout Fishing in America from their recent live concert recording, My Best Day. This trio from Arkansas rocks with songs about the ordinary, daily events of children’s and their parent’s lives.

Dream Songs, Night Songs, from Mali to Louisiana

That’s an evening song from Mali called “Makun.” It’s on an award-winning, gorgeous new collection of lullabies called Dream Songs, Night Songs, from Mali to Louisiana from the Canadian label, Secret Mountain.

Ken Nordine’s “Colors”

You’re hearing Ken Nordine, reading a section of his poem, “Orange,” from a CD called Colors.

Catch That Train with Dan Zanes

That’s the beginning of the title song from Dan Zanes and Friends’ new CD, Catch That Train.

Folk Playground

This collection is a quadruple scoop of songs that you can’t get enough of — like that favorite food of summertime, served up by Trout Fishing in America.

The Partridge Family

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Partridge-Family.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 8/14/2006 The Partridge Family Transcript In April 1957, Ricky Nelson picked up a guitar on an episode of Ozzie and Harriet and began to sing rock and roll. Before long, Nelson was more pop star than television celebrity. For Hollywood, this was a lesson in cross-media […]

Maurice Sendak’s Legacy: Brundibar

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Brundibar.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/12/2006 Brundibar Transcript You’re hearing the moving lullaby from the children’s opera, Brundibar, which was written by Hans Krása in the late 1930s and performed fifty-five times in the Terezin concentration camp in 1943. It was sung by children who would soon perish in the […]