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Track Listings
| 1. Jump Up |
| 2. Rock Island Line (with the Rocket Ship Revue) |
| 3. Malti (With Barbara Brousal) |
| 4. The Hokey Pokey (with Father Goose a.k.a. Rankin’ Don and the Dandelion Chorus) |
| 5. Water For the Elephants (with Donald Saaf) |
| 6. Linstead Market (with the Sandy Girls) |
| 7. Fooba Wooba John (with Rosanne Cash) |
| 8. Wonder Wheel (with the Rocket Ship Revue) |
| 9. Yo-Yo Sweet Yo-Yo (with the Rubi Theatre Co.) |
| 10. All Around the Kitchen (with Loudon Wainwright III) |
| 11. In the Evening (with the Rocket Ship Revue and the Dandelion Chorus) |
| 12. Flowers Of Edinburgh |
| 13. Thrift Shop (with Sandra Bernhard) |
| 14. Skip To My Lou (with Father Goose a.k.a Rankin’ Don) |
| 15. The Good Night Waltz (with Donald Saaf and Lyris Hung) |
Product Description
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At a moment when mainstream music is clogged with a surfeit of stale, formulaic songs and huge egos, Dan Zanes has found the Drano. Family Dance, his second kids' record (after the fab Rocket Ship Beach), again comes through with big-name helpers--Sandra Bernhard, Rosanne Cash, and Loudon Wainwright III among them--but instead of assembling a mixed bag of self-important numbers, Zanes, who produced and plays on all but one of 15 tracks, maintains a cohesive vibe that's low-key and playful. Yet here's a disc that's all over the map, genre-wise. Gruffster Rankin' Don, a.k.a. Father Goose, rasta-raps his way through "The Hokey Pokey" and "Skip to My Lou," the Sandy Girls carry us off to a colorful Caribbean village for "Linstead Market," Cash folks up "Fooba Wooba John," and Leadbelly's "Rock Island Line" makes a stop in Memphis bluesland. Zanes's originals--"Jump Up," "Wonder Wheel," and "Thrift Shop," performed as a duet with Bernhard--manage to be wholesome, happy, and hip all at once, no mean feat. But it's the music making on Family Dance that impresses most of all. Fiddles, beatboxes, mandolins, tubas, banjos, and concertina elbow their way onto these tracks, and they're balanced by Zanes's arrangements and backup singer Barbara Brousal's graceful voice and guitar work. Kids 2 and up will be likewise captivated by the chunky board-book packaging, again with original artwork. --Tammy La Gorce
Product Description
If Bob Dylan had ever made a children's CD, it would have sounded like this. Dan Zane's album is a collaboration of bluegrass, folk, rock, foreign songs, and some his originals. The songs feature Zanes' distinctive voice and electric guitar, as well as children's voices on select songs, and acoustic guitar, harmonica, drums, accordion, bass, mandolin, banjo, tuba, lap steel, fiddle, and concertina. This is great for singing in the car or dancing around at playtime.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Sit still and keep a straight face,
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This review is from: Family Dance (Audio CD)
Two things you WILL NOT do when listening to this cd is sit still or keep a straight face. Watch out as the good medicine of music makes you dance and smile. Thanks for the happiness Dan Zanes and Friends!
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I can sing them in public and not feel stupid!,
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This review is from: Family Dance (Audio CD)
This is a great CD for you to enjoy as much as your kids. I can find these songs stuck in my head and not be annoyed! There's a combination of funky renditions of traditionals ("Hokey Pokey," "Skip to My Lou"), international tunes (My son's West Indian babysitter knows "Linstead Market," and it's one of my favorites on the CD) and savvy originals. My son appreciates them while being too young to understand the words at five months, and it's a friend's two-year old's favorite too.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dan Zanes Rocks!,
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This review is from: Family Dance (Audio CD)
Finally, kids music that engages all ages! Dan Zanes has a wild ability to entertain all musical interests, plus introduces young kids to multiple genres. We love his CDs and especially like Malti on Family Dance. The CD itself is a work of art.
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