Tag: Music Review
Anna Moo’s “Holy Cow”
That’s Anna Moo, with part of “I Am One,” sung in Manadarin Chinese, from her Parents Choice award-winning CD, “Holy Cow!” — “Holy Songs for Children, a Multi-cultural Celebration of Friendship, God, and Spirit.”
Arbor Day in the Jungle
You’re at the beginning of a long, auditory journey brought to you by the composer and sound poet, Michel Redolfi, with percussions by Steve Shehan, flutes by Luc Martinez, and voicings by Adam — from a striking collaboration of visual and acoustic art called Jungles.
Philadelphia Chickens
That’s the actress Laura Linney in one of the show-stopping tunes on Sandra Boynton’s and Michael Ford’s Philadelphia Chickens — their “too-logical zoological musical review.”
Taj Mahal
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Taj-Mahal.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/26/2003 Taj Mahal Transcript One of our country’s best bluesmen, who keeps getting better every year, is Taj Mahal, who found the blues when he was a teenager and it changed his life. He grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, the oldest in a family […]
Hip Kid Hop Books
That’s LL Cool J, backed up by a toy piano, with some words for young people about winning — and losing! — graciously. This book and CD combination is titled And the Winner Is.
Sweet Honey in the Rock’s “I Got Shoes”
I don’t know about you, but I can never seem to get enough of the Washington, DC-based, acapella group, “Sweet Honey in the Rock.”
Mother Goose’s Music
Have you ever heard Little Jack Horner performed with such elegance before? That’s Jon Garrison and Michael Riley singing James Hook’s setting of that old Mother Goose favorite from a new CD called “Mother Goose and More.”
Mother Earth Lullaby
That’s Olivier Marcaud singing the last part of his “La Berceuse d’Angela” from a new CD from Elipses Arts, “Mother Earth Lullaby.”
Veteran’s Day — “Celebration of America”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Veterans-Day-Celebration-of-America.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/11/2002 Veteran’s Day — “Celebration of America” Transcript It’s Veteran’s Day today, our national holiday that commemorates the end of World War I, on the eleventh hour, of the eleventh month, of the eleventh day in 1918. A new CD for young people, “Celebration […]
“Night Time” with Dan Zanes
You’ve just heard an excerpt from the opening song, “Night Owl,” that features the duet work of Dan and Aimee Mann. Each of the 16 pieces in this amazing CD for children and families has something truly wonderful going on in it.