Putumayo Kids | Picnic Playground | CD Review
August 5, 2009 by admin - Jennifer
Filed under Reviews
Music, food and good times just seem to go together. This summer, Putumayo Kids celebrates the joys of eating with a brand new, globe-trotting CD from their award-winning children’s Playground series. Released just in time to enhance summer get-togethers, Picnic Playground serves up a colorful basket full of tasty musical treats.
Picnic Playground provides a veritable feast of international songs about food, cooking and healthy eating in a global gumbo of musical styles and languages. American artist Jay Mankita’s opening song “Eat Like a Rainbow” sets the tone for the album, and the delectable songs that follow from Australia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Canada and Trinidad add to the exuberant musical smörgåsbord. These fun, upbeat songs will help get kids moving and dancing to the rhythms.
Songs titles include:
- Jay Mankita • Eat Like a Rainbow • (USA)
- Pascal Parisot • Mes Parents Sont Bio • (France)
- Jose Conde y Ola Fresca • Bolitas de Arroz con Pollo • (USA/Cuba)
- Asheba • Ice Cream • (Trinidad)
- Franck Monnet • Goûtez-les • (France)
- Safari • Peberpelikan • (Denmark)
- Kheswa • Beautiful Day • (South Africa)
- Rhythm Child • Bowl of Cherries • (USA)
- Bomba • Pomodoro • (Australia)
- Johnny Bregar • Shoo Fly Pie • (USA)
- Maggie G • Let’s Bake Cookies • (Canada)
- Donikkl • Milch • (Germany)
This new CD is a great one to listen to on your next picnic or family outing. One of my favorite things about the Putumayo Kids is that my children can be exposed to music from other countries all on one CD. My toddlers favorite song is Bowl of Cherries and she dances like crazy to it. My tween loves trying to learn new lyrics especially to those songs that are in French, and its funny watching her try to learn them and am impressed with her ability to do so. I definitely recommend adding this CD to your music library, you will have a great time listening to it with your kids.
To learn more about the Putumayo Kids and listen to clips of the Picnic Playground CD click here.
