Father’s Day Music

That’s Bernardo Palombo with his “Song to Put a Doll to Sleep.”

The Langley Schools Music Project

You’re hearing nine-year-old Sheila Behman’s cover for Don Henley’s rock anthem, “Desperado,” with her music teacher, Hans Fenger, accompanying her on the piano.

Music for Mother’s Day

That’s Los Lobos, from their delightful CD for young people called “Papa’s Dream.” And, speaking as a mother, that’s the way that I’d like to wake up on Mother’s Day morning - with a serenade!

Two Pied Pipers — Robert Browning and Donovan

That’s Donovan, a familiar voice from the past, with part of the title song for his new CD, “Pied Piper.” It’s also the birthday today of the British poet, Robert Browning, who wrote the definitive poem about the Pied Piper.

“Country Goes Raffi”

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Country-Goes-Raffi.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/29/2002 “Country Goes Raffi” Transcript How many times have you heard that celebration of everything that’s joyful about and vital to conserve in the oceans, all rolled up in the children’s song “Baby Beluga”? If you’ve had youngsters in your household in the past […]

The Days Gone By — Songs of the American Poets

You’re hearing the first part of the Emily Dickenson poem, “Hope is the Thing With Feathers,” sung by Tahkus Ekedal and Amy Deegan from a collection of well-known 19th and early 20th century American poems for young people that have been set to music by Ted Jacobs and others.