Kid Music Review Club

[Sarahkka]

This is the same idea as the book thread - music is a really important part of any child's upbringing with all sorts of great developmental benefits, but if I have to listen to Raffi for five hours a day, I might just snap! (No offense, Raffi - you are great! I just want some alternatives!)
Post kid albums you can't live without, adult albums that soothe/excite/get your LO dancing, warnings about kid albums that are so obnoxious that your LO must never find out they exist!, etc.
And if you are a musician/music lover with a passion for a particular genre, make suggestions for good albums to start off with (could be for LOs or their parents).

Happy Listening!

 

[Sarahkka]

The first discovery that I want to share is an artist named Elizabeth Mitchell. She sings with an adult music group called Ida - I haven't heard them before, but I gather they are sort of folksy, bluegrass-inspired.
Her kids albums are really pretty renditions of old bluegrass folk music. She has three on her own and one that she did with Lisa Loeb.
I can listen to these albums over and over. They don't feel too cutesy or kiddy-ish.
Check her out if you want something simple and folksy.
Absolutely brilliant for lullaby/wind-down music.
Here is a review with links:
https://kidsmusicthatrocks.blogspot.com/2006/09/elizabeth-mitchell.html

 

[BlackBerry25]

I love Raffi!
Bananaphone, Baby Beluga...

 

[Sarahkka]

Hey - I'm going to have to check out this Yo Gabba Gabba that you are so addicted to - apparenly they have good music?
And here is a true Raffi story for you. He played Baby Beluga at an environmental youth conferenece that I went to as a teenager and...HE FORGOT THE WORDS!!!!
Don't worry - the entire audience sang it for him!

I truly do love and respect ol' Raffi. I used to rock out to his albums on my
Fisher Price record player when I was five. I had Baby Beluga, Singable Songs for the Very Young and More Singable Songs for the Very Young. I will definitely get Simon Baby Beluga. A classic, that.

 

[BlackBerry25]

That is the main reason I love Yo Gabba Gabba, the music! I love their little segments and all the different types of music they play.

 

[Sarahkka]

Another offering from our interesting kid music discoveries are the albums from They Might Be Giants:
Here Come the ABCs
Here Come the 123s.
We have both.
I like the 123s album best. Right now, you can get the CD and the DVD (super cute cartoon and puppet videos of their songs) for $13.99 at Chapters.
Has anyone heard the Snack Time album by Barenaked Ladies?

 

[Sarahkka]

Of your music, what have you found that LO responds most to?
Simon went crazy in his jolly jumper when my husband out on Black Betty!