Today I’m featuring Laura Veirs, an artist who has just released a children’s album, Tumble Bee, which has a very folksy vibe. Bela Fleck makes an appearance, and for you mega hipsters out there, you may recognize Jim James from My Morning Jacket.
Tumble Bee is a cd that I thoroughly enjoyed listening to. Every single song (truly!) captivated my attention and made me want to hear it all the way through. If you are looking for a children’s album that feels anything but, this is your best bet.
I will say that I find the melodies and the lyrics, for the most part, to be a little too advanced for my toddler. She doesn’t seem to be too drawn to the music at this point. I was bummed, because I was hoping it might be our new favorite. Sadly, it seems to be just my new favorite. But I’ll learn some of these songs on my own, and start singing parts of them to Darah so that she becomes familiar. And then after a while, I’ll be able to play the cd again, and likely with success.
So while I can’t recommend this cd for the youngest of your brood, I still think it is most worthy of a listen. Laura’s voice is absolutely haunting, and her music shows a level of sophistication that is very hard to find in children’s music.
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My favorite song was Mary Had a Little Lamb.
nick nack paddy wack
You are my sunshine was my very fav and still is!
The song from the movie “An American Tale”
I loved to sing as a child, I don’t think I had a favorite song. One that I sang to the kids I worked with at camp a lot was “Your Mouth is a House”.
The Cherry Song
Do-Re-Mi!
My favorite childhood song was “You Are My Sunshine”
puff the magic dragon
The itsy bitsy spider!
this land is your land:)
my fav song was the itsy bitsy spider
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I loved the song my dad made up for my name. I still sing it till this day 🙂
You are my sunshine.
I loved Baby Baluga by Raffi 🙂
I loved the music we song at church, I don’t want to call it gospel but songs like B-I-B-L-E, this little light of mine etc… I don’t think I really had one favorite.
I loved anything James Taylor
but the first song I learned was Jesus Loved me.
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I liked somewhere over the rainbow
There was a “Good Morning” song my mom used to sing me every morning. I loved that song…and now I get to sing it to my own daughter, which makes me love it even more! 🙂
Twinkle Twinkle little star
I loved Heart’s “Dreamboat Annie”. My father sang it to me all of the time.
down by the bay !
I guess, Happy Birthday.
Twinkle twinkle little star.
Ring around the Rosie
My dad used to sing ‘you are my special angel’ to me when I was really little. I had it sung when he walked me down the isle at my wedding years ago too.
I can’t remember a particular one. But one that comes to mind are Winnie The Pooh songs.
Itsy Bitsy Spider
My favorite song as a child was the Here Comes the Sun.
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liked frere jacques
i liked Incy Wincy Spider
I loved the song with the lyrics “inch by inch, row by row, we’re gunna make this garden grow”.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Itsy Bitsy Spider
London Bridge
Skitta-ma-rinka-dinky-dink (sp?)
twinkle twinkle little star
It’s not exactly a children’s song, but my mom used to sing Goodnight Irene to us a lot. I loved it…and still do.
“You are my sunshine” (emscout9)
My favorite song as a child was London Bridge 🙂
I liked the song that never ends…it goes on and on my friend…
Somewhere Over the Rainbow 🙂
I don’t remember, too long ago
Baa Baa Black Sheep
I loved all the songs from Winnie the Pooh! I loved watching it when I was little 🙂
Not sure how it is spelled but my grandmother would sing it to me as a lulluby and now I sing it to my son. It’s called “quesera”
I liked the theme songs to cartoons – Animaniacs was a good one!
ABCs
Bruce Springsteens Born in the Usa.
ABCs
I loved The Chipmunk Song on their Christmas CD!
I loved a lullaby that my mom sang called “I gave my love a Cherry”.
Mama (he is crazy) by The Judds.
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When I was a kid I liked anything from musicals, especially Oklahoma. I was an odd kid, LOL!
Jesus loves me.
I always loved “the owl and the pussycat”
I liked the Row, Row, Row Your Boat