Cellabration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins

Editorial Reviews
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CELLAbration!" is not the kind of record that will leave you ready to relinquish your rights to the CD changer altogether, but as strictly-for-kids music goes, few discs are as solid. As a sampling, the 18 tracks culled here cast a warm, enveloping light on Ella Jenkins. "Did You Feed My Cow" (Sweet Honey in the Rock), written in the 50s, exposes her rootsy, traditional side; "Jambo" (Red Grammer) captures a gift for culture-bridging and untempered joy; and "The World of Whickum-Whackum" (Bill Harley) sums up her grasp of the supremely silly. --Tammy La Gorce

Album Description
Ella Jenkins, "The First Lady of Children's Music," has made dozens of Folkways recordings and earned countless awards in a 50-year career, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy. On this album, some of today's finest folk and children's performers pay tribute to Ella Jenkins with sparkling new renditions of her timeless repertoire. Styles including folk, salsa, country-western, Dixieland, old-time string band, ragtime, and mariachi all come together with a wonderful chidren's chorus to honor Ella in the best way possible. Prepare to sing along! 18 tracks. 44 minutes.

Cellabration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins, Music, Various Artists, Children's Collections, Children's Folk, Childrens, Pop, Sing-Along, V/a Compilations

Average customer rating:

Truly a feel-good, fun-for the-whole-family music album

Our current favorite album

Fun-Happy Music! Cellabration

Cellabration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002PUHAG
Release Date: 2004-09-21

Tracks:

You'll Sing A Song And I'll Sing A Song - Cathy Fink
Did You Feed My Cow? - Sweet Honey In The Rock
Dulee, Dulee - Michele Valeri
I Know A Tom - Tom Paxton
Please Is A Pleasant Expression - Tom Chapin
Let's All Sing A Yodeling Song - Riders In The Sky
The World Of Wickum Whackum - Bill Harley
Jambo - Red Grammer
The Union Team - John McCutcheon
Turkey In The Straw - John McCutcheon & Band
The World Is Big, The World Is Small - Pete Seeger
Rushing Around Russia - Mike Stein
The Hukilau Song - Marcy Marxer
Go Miss Mary Mack (Medley) - Sweet Honey In The Rock
Toom-Bah-Ee-Lero - Cathy Fink
La Reaspa/Fiesta De Ninos (Medley) - Mariachi Los Camperos
Circle Of Friends - Spencer Perkins
Sing Me A Song Again, Ella - University Park Children's Ensemble

Album Description

Ella Jenkins, "The First Lady of Children's Music," has made dozens of Folkways recordings and earned countless awards in a 50-year career, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy. On this album, some of today's finest folk and children's performers pay tribute to Ella Jenkins with sparkling new renditions of her timeless repertoire. Styles including folk, salsa, country-western, Dixieland, old-time string band, ragtime, and mariachi all come together with a wonderful chidren's chorus to honor Ella in the best way possible. Prepare to sing along! 18 tracks. 44 minutes.

Customer Reviews:

Truly a feel-good, fun-for the-whole-family music album.......2005-04-08

Over the past six years, I have spent hundreds, maybe thousands, of hours listening to children's music. I've diligently traveled to the local library and checked out music CDs each month to foster my children's appreciation of diverse musical genres, to boost their musical intelligence, and to provide an ever changing variety of background music for playtime. I am on a never-ending quest to find great albums that feature a rare combination of musical talent with enjoyable music. So many albums these days drive adults crazy with mindless lackluster rhymes and the majority of them are just "ordinary" albums you can live without. Occasionally however, we discover some real musical gems like Cellabration. This album is truly a feel-good, fun-for the-whole-family music album. You cannot go wrong with this uplifting music.

Nominated for a Grammy award for best Musical Album for Children, Cellabration features a "who's who" line-up of the best children's recording artists of our time plus some favorites from the past. The variety of artists is complimented by the variety of musical styles. The quirky "Let's All Sing a Yodeling Song" by Riders in the Sky is by far the favorite of my two girls. We've had a number of yodeling contests in the car after listening to this song. There are some unusual spoken word tracks like the "World of Whickum-Whackum" by Bill Harley and the playful "I Know a Tom" by Tom Paxton. I'm amazed that Sara, my four-year-old, can recite these silly tongue-twisters from memory.

There are many multicultural songs including the "Hukilau Song" by Marcy Marxer, "Dulee, Dulee" by Michele Valeri and "Jambo" by Red Grammer, the "Raspa/Fiesta de Niños Medley" mixed in with the spoken word "Rushing Around Russia" by Mike Stein and the classic American tune "Turkey in the Straw" by Cathy Fink. There are some really catchy tunes on this album that you may have trouble getting out of your head. The "Go Miss Mary Mack Medley" by Sweet Honey in the Rock is one of those songs that is permanently etched in my mind in a pleasant way.

The next time your family is going on a roadtrip or if you just need a break from "ordinary" children's music, pop Cellabration in your CD or MP3 player for hours of great musical entertainment for the entire family.--Dr. Lara Ashmore

Our current favorite album.......2005-03-15

We recently received this CD as a gift and it has quickly become our favorite CD. My 4 yo son LOVES singing along to it, and the songs are simple (yet wonderful) enough for him to pick up, although he thinks "Dulce Dulce" is "goose egg, goose egg."

Fun-Happy Music! Cellabration.......2005-03-07

This CD is very happy. After listening I could not stop smiling.
The tunes are singable. The musicianship on the dixieland tracks as well as the others is excellent! This CD allows the young listener to hear real musical instruments and different musical styles, and might provide inspiration for them later to participate in music (school or at home).
I am very glad I ordered it for myself and as gifts for nieces and nephews.
I shared the Amazon link with my school teacher friends in several states. Thanks for providing the listening excerpts link!

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