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Laurie Berkner's second children's album doesn't tamper much with the formula that made her first effort, Whaddaya Think About That?, an overnight success. Once again it is Berkner's finely tuned understanding of her audience that sets her apart. Her songs are characterized by an uninhibited absurdity that is fresh and unpredictable. One song is centered matter-of-factly on the idea that "Laurie's got a pig on her head [and] she keeps it there all day." Another is about an elusive bunch of pretzels that keep escaping a hungry person. Berkner also has a knack for colorful rhymes that aim to engender an enthusiasm for language in her young fans. Her lyrics are populated with lines like "you pull it like a taffy and you whop whop whop," "their names were Jackson and Max," and "sizzle sizzle pop a-pop pop." Berkner writes most of her songs in preschool music classes, and they depend a lot on her interaction with the children. That helps to make them dynamic and engaging, but somehow Buzz Buzz doesn't seem to hold up as well as its predecessor in the depersonalized context of a studio recording. "I Had a Friend," for instance, was originally a platform for improvising rhymes for her students' names. It seems a little stiff on a pre-recorded CD. Her rap number "I'm a Mess" would probably be a little less grating if there were toddlers in the house to back her up. But chances are good that Berkner's listeners will be too busy dancing their heads off to notice any shortcomings. ~ Evan Cater Laurie Berkner Buzz Buzz Songs Buzz Buzz Review
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Purchase Buzz Buzz CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Allman Brothers Band Dreams CDs (1989) Box Set
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$38.09 DREAMS is a 4-CD box set compiling in chronological order tracks by the Allman Brothers Band, as well as tracks by bands featuring one or more member ...
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$11.55 | | Bates Live At The Clown Lounge CD (2007)
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$10.15 "LIVE AT THE CLOWN LOUNGE (Flattened Planet, no#) is another concert date (Mom Got a New Davenport / Creepy / The Days of Wine and Roses / November / Private, I / Union. 61: 08. November 22, 2004, St. Paul, MN) where McManus is reunited with Linz and Bates, and adds saxophonist Michael Lewis to the mix. From the opening notes, this sounds like a Paul Motian session, with gauzy melodies and floating timbres, lots of color from Bates, and big pedal work from Linz. The musical dynamics swell and diminish, at times rising to fractiousness, and it's Motian all they way down to the Frisell multi-second delay odysseys. I like the booming chromatic riff on "Creepy" -- it sends Lewis into a caterwauling frenzy that' s a lot of fun to listen to (although the boxy live sound obscures some details). I also dig the nice interplay between McManus and Lewis in the free intro to the lone standard here. The two work splendidly together in just about any situation, sounding great in the churning, raucous "Private, I" -- with some lovely pizz from Linz to boot -- or in the more spacious material the band ...
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| | Tiptons Sax Quartet Laws Of Motion CD (2008)
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$16.45 The Tiptons:Amy Denio - alto sax, clarinet, voiceJessica Lurie – alto & tenor sax, voiceSue Orfield – tenor sax, voiceTina Richerson – baritone sax, voiceChris Stromquist - drums & percussionRecorded at Terrarium Studios, Minneapolis by fabulous engineers Jason Orris & Rob Osterlin on April 23, 2008, and mixed in NYC with Beck Henderer- Peña at Gramercy Post, NYC. Artwork by Danijel Zezelj.THE TIPTONS are an all-women sax quartet (who sing!) with drums, 10 CDs under our belt, touring & playing festivals in Europe and the US for the last 15 years. Our music is a high energy blend of "twisted folk" with world music, second line, funk, jazz, and eastern european influences thrown into the mix of mainly original material. We are comfortable playing in any venue, including squats, jazz and rock clubs, universities ...
| | Ari Frankel Ocean Of Love CD (2009)
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$13.29 Children’s music has never sounded so good! Set for release June 1st, “the ocean of love” songs won’t drive parents crazy as their kids repeatedly ask for the jazzy “sandbox sunday”, the Beatlesque “change me” and the Beach Boys inspired “drivin’ u.s.a.” And, this is not just because composer and producer Ari Frankel has invited well-established friends such as Janice Pendarvis (Sting, Rolling Stones, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson), Sean Altman (Rockapella, “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?”), Dave Yazbek (Broadway’s “The Full Monty” and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”), Veronica Nunn (Michael Franks), and DADGAD guitar icon Pierre Bensusan to contribute.Through his work on the classic “Once Upon a Potty” (Parent’s Choice Gold Medal), the MTV/Nickelodeon “Eureeka’s Castle” (A.C.E. award and International Film & TV Festival of New York medal), R.L. Stine’s “Ghosts of ...
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