Music
Sing a Song With Six Strings
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Sing-a-Song-with-Six-Strings-Music-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/8/2005 Sing a Song With Six Strings Transcript Imagine that your dad is the rock guitarist Slash, and he’s got his own new version for you of that old, old song about the sixpence and that pie full of blackbirds. Here’s a little of […]
Brazilian Lullaby
“If this street were mine,” Tomaz Lima sings in this well-known Brazilian lullaby, “I’d have it paved with precious little stones for you, my love, to walk on.” This tender cradle song is on a delightful CD, Brazilian Lullaby, from Ellipsis Arts.
To the Beach with Rolf Zuckowski
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/To-the-Beach-with-Rolf-Zukowski.mp3 Author Jennifer Coenen Air Date 6/23/2005 To the Beach with Rolf Zuckowski Transcript Children love music and adults love music, but they rarely enjoy the same music. Rolf Zuckowski, a musician in Germany, bridges that musical generation gap. Anyone who has either grown up or parented in Germany during […]
Marlo Thomas and Friends, Thanks & Giving
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Marlo-Thomas-and-Friends-Thanks-and-Giving.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/3/2005 Marlo Thomas and Friends, Thanks & Giving Transcript If you grew up with Marlo Thomas’ classic 1972 recording, Free to Be You and Me, and were waiting for a sequel, here it is — with Sheryl Crow to start things rolling: Brief Sound Clip: […]
Jack Johnson’s Three R’s
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jack-Johnsons-3-Rs.mp3 Author Stephanie Sullivan Lytle Air Date 6/2/2005 Jack Johnson’s Three R’s Transcript Finding a real jack of all trades is indeed like finding a bird of paradise in Wisconsin. But you might not want to let Jack Johnson in on this, as he seamlessly flows between the trades of […]
Mouth Sounds
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mouth-Sounds.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/27/2005 Mouth Sounds Transcript Even though it’s summer, and we have several months of recess, here’s a pop quiz. What do all of these have in common?: Brief Sound Clip: You’d be right if you guessed that they’re all made by the human voice […]
Mary Had a Little Amp
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mary-Had-a-Little-Amp.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/20/2005 Mary Had a Little Amp Transcript If you’re tired, truly tired, of most of what’s marketed as children’s music, that’s usually “dumbed down”and hyper-actively sillied up to fit a very limited idea of what kinds of music children can and will listen to, […]
Mother’s Day Lullabies
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Songs-for-Mothers-Day.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/6/2005 Mother’s Day Lullabies Transcript It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday. The American holiday began in 1907 in Philadelphia, as a way to remember a mother who had passed away, and it has become since then an occasion to honor all mothers. On a CD […]
Zen Baby
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Zen-Baby-review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/30/2005 Zen Baby Transcript Zen Baby is the title of a new CD of music to soothe the awakening nerve endings of young children and, I can’t help but think, the frazzled nero-receptors of their parents, as well. Here’s a little from the opening track, […]
Smoosh
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Smoosh.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/18/2005 Smoosh Transcript There’s nothing really new any more about the phenomenon of kids playing rock “n”roll. It’s in the air all around them, and it’s part of the world and its rhythms that they’re tuning themselves to. But every once in awhile, a […]