Banana Slug String Band
That’s just a little tune about six-legged insects from “No Bones Within.” It’s on one of the band’s nine CDs called Singing in Our Garden.
Suni Paz Sings Songs for the Playground
That’s Suni Paz, the well known Latin American singer, with part of “Llega la Manana,” a song about waking up and getting dressed, and going to school — in short, about a day in the life of a kid.
Dan Zanes Rocks
That’s Dan Zanes and the Rocket Ship Singers with Frank Loesser’s old standard, “Bushel and a Peck” from the CD, Rocket Ship Beach.
One World, One Kid
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/One-World-One-Kid-Music-review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/10/2006 One World, One Kid Transcript Here’s an idea for a children’s world music radio program. Let a child make the selections and introduce the songs, as six year old Skyler Pia does on a new CD called One World, One Kid. Brief Sound Clip: […]
World Party
It’s from a new CD from Music for Little People called World Party. And it takes the family from Morocco to New Zealand, from the Caribbean to Central Asia.
The Songs of the Pogo
Walt Kelly was one of the masters of American nonsense. His much loved, hilariously cryptic Pogo comic strip first appeared in 1949 and was in American papers even after Kelly’s death in 1973.
Chinese Lullabies
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chinese-Lullabies.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/9/2006 Chinese Lullabies Transcript Some of the most visually beautiful films are coming out of China these days, and so is some of the loveliest music for children. Here’s a little from the beginning of a song from the Guangdong region called “Hammock Hanging […]
The Golden Dreydl
That’s the familiar theme from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” dancing to the sound of the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra on a CD called The Golden Dreydl.
African Music for Children
You can find this and other exciting performances on the new CD called African Music for Children from the people who do the Rough Guide series of travel books.
Twice as Many Friends
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Twice-as-Many-Friends-Music-Review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/27/2005 Twice as Many Friends Transcript In the global village, it’s becoming necessary for us all to learn several languages — and in the United States today, that second language may well be Spanish. For children, acquiring some fluency in another language isn’t the […]