Story Songs from Erin Lee and Marci
Children’s musicians Erin Lee and Marci bring us the next of their regular posts with thematic recommendations for kid-friendly music, plus activities to make the songs an interactive experience for the whole family. I’m posting this a wee bit early this month because I’m on vacation; you can usually find Erin Lee and Marci here at their regular time, the first Monday of each month, or visit their homepage, www.gottaplay.org. (Catch them on the R Family cruise this summer, too!)
I’ve created links to Amazon for the full albums (click the album image or name), plus links to Amazon MP3 downloads for those who want only the singles. (Click the song name.)
One of our favorite things is a song that tells a story. Often we write our songs because someone has told us a really good tale. That was the case with Elm Avenue Waltz, when our friend Phil told us about a cranky neighbor that all the kids in his neighborhood used to whisper about. Once, a kid lost a football in her yard – and when he went to retrieve it, he found that she had sliced the ball open with a big kitchen knife! After that, everyone was afraid to go in her yard, and if someone accidentally threw a ball there, it was considered lost. Well, as soon as we heard his story we had to write a song.
So, this month’s music recommendations feature a certain type of song rather than a topic. We don’t know what prompted Steve Weeks or Monty Harper to write their story songs – we hope that Steve wasn’t plagues by monkeys, and we certainly hope that Monty wasn’t kidnapped by aliens. But we do hope that you enjoy listening to these stories! Read the rest of this post »
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