Tag: Music Review
“No!” Music Review
That’s my one-and-a-half-year-old grandson with his daily chorus of “no’s” — one of his favorite words these days. It’s the title song for the new family music CD from the alternative rock group, They Might Be Giants.
Back to School Sounds
Here’s how we’re waking up at our house to start the new school year — with the Brazilian singer Nazare Pereira singing “Bonjour Pra Voce” — a good morning song that goes well with corn flakes or scrambled eggs — from a joyful CD called World Playground from Putumayo World Music.
Music for Traveling
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Music-for-Travelling.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 7/21/2000 Music for Traveling Transcript It may be a really risky programming decision, and you may get hooted at by every in the car, but here’s your chance, on the next family road trip, to help correct the sad fact that our kids have […]
Elvis for Babies
You’re hearing a little from one of Elvis Presley’s monumental hits, “Don’t Be Cruel,” on a recent CD for very young children called “Elvis for Babies.”
Ravel’s Children
You’re hearing a little from one of the most recorded pieces of modern classical music, Ravel’s “Bolero”–though the French composer, who was born today in 1875, might be a little surprised to hear it played on a toy piano.
African Lullabies
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/African-Lullabies.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/15/2000 African Lullaby Transcript In the liner notes for her remarkable new CD, African Lullaby, producer Shana Dressler refers this ancient musical form as “love songs for children.” And of course she is right — there is something that calls to the heart of […]
Music for the Holidays
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Music-for-the-Holidays.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 12/23/1999 Music for the Holidays Transcript There’s something about the sound of xylophones, that usually makes me want to head for the hills–unless it’s Pappageno’s glockenspiel in the Magic Flute, or Carl Orff’s kids with their magic rhythms. But I must confess that a […]