Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins

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Unless a seconds-long slice of piano boogie-woogie counts, there is nothing remotely cool or hip about Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins. But while your kids are little -- 3 to 8 if you go by the label's recommendation -- you'll never want to remove it from your CD changer anyway. The first lady of children's music earns her reputation here, waving her magic wand over near and distant lands and turning what she discovers into 28 neatly bundled bits of sound. Cultures is not all about music; it plays more like a night by the campfire, with songs and poems erupting from a story whose narrative dips and swerves, rudderless, to the corners of the earth but manages to keep its grip on its listeners anyway. The cultural odyssey (Mexico, Ireland, Turkey, and Russia are among the countries visited) benefits sharply from Jenkins' slow, soothing cadence, but credit is also rightly extended to the children of the LaSalle Language Academy of Chicago, who sing sweetly but mightily on a number of tracks. A 30-page booklet in this 31st Jenkins release clinches its staying power: Song notes and drawings are steeped in whimsy, but a pig Latin lesson pulls kids in closest, acting as a sweet, subtle confirmation that it's speaking their language. --Tammy La Gorce

Album Description
Known as "The First Lady of Children's Music," the legendary Ella Jenkins is one of the preeminent children's music artists of our time. Sharing Cultures, Ella's first release of all-new performances since 1999's Grammy -nominated Union of Friends, is her 31st release in an enduring (and endearing) career spanning over 40 years! Ella's recordings have won multiple prestigious awards. Perfect for parents, great fun and full of particpatory entertainment for children! 36-page booklet, includes lyrics, for ages 3-8.

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Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins
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    		Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins
    Ella Jenkins
    Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Children's Music | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0000DG01P
    Release Date: 2003-11-25

    Tracks:

    1. Where Is Mary?
    2. Los Pastores
    3. Besame Mucho
    4. Cultivo Una Rosa Blanca
    5. Que Bonita Bandera
    6. Cuando Se Quiere De Veras
    7. Dayo
    8. Big Ship Sails
    9. Dear Sir, I Cannot Go
    10. El Gatito
    11. Are You Sleeping (Frere Jacques)
    12. Song Of The Seven Continents
    13. Guide Me
    14. Hine Matov (And Two Other Jewish Melodies)
    15. I Like Names
    16. My Name Is Ella
    17. Native Americian Tribes
    18. In Dublin's Fair City
    19. I Lived In Ireland
    20. I want To Be Ready
    21. I'm On My Way To Canaan Land
    22. Uskudara
    23. A Taxi Ride
    24. Walking Around In Bronzeville
    25. Trouble In Mind
    26. Pine Top's Boogie
    27. Rushing Around In Russia
    28. Yellow Bird

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    Unless a seconds-long slice of piano boogie-woogie counts, there is nothing remotely cool or hip about Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins. But while your kids are little -- 3 to 8 if you go by the label's recommendation -- you'll never want to remove it from your CD changer anyway. The first lady of children's music earns her reputation here, waving her magic wand over near and distant lands and turning what she discovers into 28 neatly bundled bits of sound. Cultures is not all about music; it plays more like a night by the campfire, with songs and poems erupting from a story whose narrative dips and swerves, rudderless, to the corners of the earth but manages to keep its grip on its listeners anyway. The cultural odyssey (Mexico, Ireland, Turkey, and Russia are among the countries visited) benefits sharply from Jenkins' slow, soothing cadence, but credit is also rightly extended to the children of the LaSalle Language Academy of Chicago, who sing sweetly but mightily on a number of tracks. A 30-page booklet in this 31st Jenkins release clinches its staying power: Song notes and drawings are steeped in whimsy, but a pig Latin lesson pulls kids in closest, acting as a sweet, subtle confirmation that it's speaking their language. --Tammy La Gorce

    Album Description

    Known as "The First Lady of Children's Music," the legendary Ella Jenkins is one of the preeminent children's music artists of our time. Sharing Cultures, Ella's first release of all-new performances since 1999's Grammy -nominated Union of Friends, is her 31st release in an enduring (and endearing) career spanning over 40 years! Ella's recordings have won multiple prestigious awards. Perfect for parents, great fun and full of particpatory entertainment for children! 36-page booklet, includes lyrics, for ages 3-8.

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