[blparent] kid music

[Deborah Kent Stein]

I highly recommend Boomerang!  It's not music, but it's an audio magazine 
for kids ages six to twelve.  Each issue is an hour's worth of stories and 
educational material about history, places to visit, the natural world, and 
current events.  It came out on cassette when my daughter was growing up, 
and now you can get it on CD or as an MP3 download.  There are sample 
stories and articles on their website: www.boomkids.com, so you can check it 
out.  We loved it!

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jan wright" <jan.wrightfamily5 at gmail.com>
To: "blparent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 8:05 AM
Subject: [blparent] kid music


> Hi,
> I am really specific about my music, also and love kid music for its
> creativity and sometimes naivity. But, I can get burnt out on one
> style of music.  So, here are some good suggestions. There use to be a
> kids music emailing list (for artists, but I joined to get the scoop)
> and I think that it is still going strong, although I am not
> subscribed to it anymore. there are places on the web that showcase
> tons of kids music and associations of artists that only do kids
> music. I was surprised at what a large field it actually is: and no
> style has been untouched. That is, if you like a certain style of
> music: country, rock, jazz, indy, (even hip hop, but I am not sure
> about grundge),  there are usually  many  artists who have made kid
> music to fit that style. I am sorry, I can't remember the websites,
> though. If I have time, I'll do a search, but here are some
> suggestions in the meantime.
> I love kids music, even way after my kids were out of the house. And,
> now that I have a  baby, we are putting the sesame street back in the
> player. I just can't stomach "Barney," or some of the other sappy kids
> music, but that is a personal choice of mine. Nickelodian and the
> Disney channel usually has music from their various character TV
> shows, like dora, also.    check out Pandora. You can listen before
> you buy anything. I use my iphone for music, lots.
> Joe Scruggs, Tina Malia, Rene and Jeremy, Putumayo Presence (there are
> several albums with different artists and different styles of music),
> Disney has some good songs, -- "some" especially from the movie sound
> tracks. You could also select some from other movie soundtracks such
> as the prince of Egypt. Yes, Broadway was our fave for a while: "the
> Music Man," "The King and I," "Sound of Music," Oaklahoma," "coat of
> Many colors," "South Pacific,"  "Annie," "Guys and Dolls," "Fiddler On
> the Roof," etc. Even the less tame shows like "rent," has a couple of
> kid friendly songs, if you look.
> There are even some artists that are ok. Michael Buble makes some
> tracks that are kid friendly and so does Ingrid Michaelsen.  there are
> others, but you have to sift through the albums. My daughter (who just
> married April 1) had a very "kid friendly," but very loving music
> selections. "L is for the way you look at me," and others that could
> also be used for children as well as adults. Big band and Harry
> Connick Jr. can also be trusted for some good faves, if you like that
> style. Even Country music has some good songs that don't talk about
> cheating, drinking or crying. Once many artists got together and made
> an Aids Awareness album with kid friendly music. Cher sang "A dream is
> a wish your  Heart makes," and Elton John wrote a cute song about his
> baby brother. James Taylor and Carlie Simon did the "mockingbird," and
> even Babyface did "if."  But, I don't know what it was called and
> can't get ahold of it, sadly. Yet, there could be other such CDs
> floating around.   alternatively, I have changed the words to some
> songs so that I can sing them with karaoke. The Seductive "you give me
> fever," has been changed to sing to a child when he/she is sick: "you
> got the fever." Marvin Gay's "Let's get it on," is now "his name is
> Azaan."   some of the variety albums like "putumayo Presence," will
> give you a sampling of artists and if you like a specific style or
> artist, you can check more of his/her stuff out on   Amazon.
>
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