Grandfather’s Greatest Hits
That’s the Grammy-award winning artist, David Holt, with a smidjin of one of his mountain music classics, “Little Log Cabin in the Lane,” from his Grandfather’s Greatest Hits.
“Down in the Backpack”
That’s the New England singer and storyteller, Bill Harley, with a tune that will resonate for most kids, their folks, and their teachers about the object that has become a presence in schools today– much to the chagrin of parents and pediatricians.
Shel Silverstein’s Underwater Land
That’s Pat Dailey with the opening of the title song for a CD called Underwater Land. It’s a collection of poems by the late Shel Silverstein, set to music and sung by Dailey and others.
Noisy Lullabies
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Noisy-Lullabyes-A-Music-Review.mp3 Author Rosie Russo Air Date 7/21/2004 Noisy Lullabies Transcript Here’s Rosie Russo with some unlikely music to help an infant fall asleep: noise. Well, not just any noise. It’s those ambient sounds that fill the background of our lives, and babies’ lives, too — that’s called “white noise.” Here’s […]
Creole for Kidz
That’s Terrance Simien with part of his moving “Song of a Creole Slave,” followed by Louisana Senator Donald Cravins’s narration that explains the music and life of the creoles of Louisiana. It’s on a CD called Creole for Kidz.
Dan Zanes’ Sea Music for Father’s Day
That’s Dan Zanes, Barbar Brousal, and Cynthia Hopkins with the sea shanty “Strike the Bell” from the CD, Sea Music.
A World of Happiness
Betcha wanna know where you can find the rest of this new song by Deborah Harry. It’s on a compilation CD called A World of Happiness.
Hey, Mister Spaceman
That’s the Byrds with the chorus from their hit “Hey, Mr. Spaceman.” It’s on a new CD for kids with the same title and a dozen songs about the goofy joys and strange preoccupations that some of our popular singers and song writers have had about outer space and its possible inhabitants.
Even Kids Get the Blues
That’s 10-year-old Anneli Blume with a little from the title song from a new CD from Re-Bop Records, called Even Kids Get the Blues.
Mother’s Day, In Song From Africa
That’s the incomparable Floxie Bee the Hikosso Queen, with the beginning of one of the most popular songs from Nigeria, and indeed from all of Africa — “Sweet Mother.”