Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

My kids are totally crazy about Yo Gabba Gabba so when we heard their thoughts on children’s indie music band “The Pop Ups”, we knew we’d more than like but completely love them! So what did they say? Well, they said “The Pop Ups are Awesome!!!” and we couldn’t agree more!

The Pop Ups second recently released album “Radio Jungle” has been playing over and over in our home. The songs have a catchy beat and are filled with rich whimsical lyrics that makes an adult remember the best of their childhoods and the younger generation to enjoy what’s going on with them right now.

Radio Jungle has 11 tracks which covers everything from drawing with a box of crayon to connecting the stars. I’m a huge fan of the entire CD and both my one year son and nearly four your old daughter equally enjoy the cd in their own way. Toes will be tapping, heads will be bobbing, children spinning in circles and swaying back and forth has been brought out by Radio Jungle in our home.

I highly recommend Radio Jungle by The Pop Ups. It’s a CD both parents and children can enjoy together and would be great to take along during Summer trips and outings too.

You can find out more about The Pop Ups, Radio Jungle, by checking out their website. Be sure to like like their Facebook page and follow them on Twitter.

** Hear “Connect the Stars” on The Pop Ups’ Bandcamp page.**

Buy it: You can purchase the MP3 album of  Radio Jungle on Amazon.com right now for $8.99!

Check out the music video below by The Pop Ups!  

Disclaimer: I was sent the above product mentioned for review. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.

I’m excited to spread the news that Sukey Molloy, recent winner of a NAPPA, Children’s Music Web, Preferred Choice, and Mom’s Choice Awards winner is releasing her third music album on the 24th of April, “I Am Happy”.

Sukey’s latest album “I Am Happy” features 18 fun filled songs that make the CD about 40 minutes long. This album went over great with my children (ages nearly four and fourteen months old). As soon, as the CD started playing, my kids started acting out the movements mentioned in the songs, dancing, and singing along. The songs were pleasantly upbeat and not over the top, I was pleased for the mellowness and I loved seeing how interactive my children became with it.

A few of the songs that I’m a fan of are “The Counting Song”, a song that teaches children how to count to ten in English, Spanish, German, French, and Japanese! “Raindrops” a song that celebrates the rain (
which we see almost everyday in Oregon) and talks about what things to wear when out in the rain, and my daughter’s most favorite activity, puddle jumping!

The songs are catchy in lyrics and in tune. I’ve even found myself humming the songs through out the day! I love that I can see my children not only having fun but learning things in the process! Overall, we highly recommend ”I Am Happy” to parents and educators of children up to the age of five.

You can learn more about this title at: http://sukeymolloy.com! Also be sure to check out Sukey’s Circle! DVD on Amazon.com.

Disclosure: I received the above mentioned products in exchange for my opinion of them. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.

I’m quite pleased to introduce  “Two Of A Kind’s” newest CD “Sing Me Your Story”.

“Sing Me Your Story” features a full children’s chorus and many wonderful musicians, including a live band: “The Give ‘em a Hand Band”, as well the artists twin sons. You toes are sure to be tapping as this CD is filled with upbeat songs featuring instruments such as piano/keyboards, trombone, melodica, whistles, didgeridoo, french horn, trombone, & percussion.

There are seventeen songs making “Sing Me Your Story” about an hour long in playtime. I really have been enjoying the tracks found on this CD. The artist mentions that they felt it was important for the lyrics of their songs to be meaningful, fun, sophisticated, smart and thought-provoking, and that the music is varied, full, rich, exciting and high-quality, with interesting musical arrangements and excellent production values. I really do believe they’ve hit that mark.

A few songs I really favor are the songs One World Many Stories, a song that talks about how we all have our own story and how a book can take you there to learn more about them. The Song The World is Not Your Garbage Can teaches children the importance of not littering. And the song called Purple Glasses talks from the point of a view of a child that finds out she needs glasses.