You are my little bird [sound recording] / Elizabeth Mitchell.
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MusicPublisher number: SFW CD 45063 | Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsSpoken language: English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish Publication details: Washington DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, p2006.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): | Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's CD
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's CD | Mitchell, Elizabeth | Available | 33111006586875 | ||||
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Children's CD
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Main Library | Children's CD | Mitchell, Elizabeth | Available | 33111005014556 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Most commercial children's music seems to be made under the assumption that youngsters are incapable of appreciating subtlety and need to be aurally slapped about the face with melodic and lyrical repetition in order to make sense of what they're hearing. Elizabeth Mitchell is an educator and musician who thankfully knows better; as the lead singer with Ida, she's been lending her lovely voice to folk-leaning indie rock for years, and in recent years she's been displaying the same intelligence and playful joie de vivre on a handful of recordings for children. You Are My Little Bird is Mitchell's third album for kids, recorded with help from Daniel Littleton (her husband and bandmate in Ida) as well as His Name Is Alive's Warren Defever, and it's a sweet, simple gem, as warm and joyous as a clear spring day. Mitchell's notion of what makes a children's song may be a bit different than those of most folks, since You Are My Little Bird includes covers of the Velvet Underground's "What Goes On" and Neil Young's "Little Wing," but there's an engaging simplicity and humanity to this music that should easily charm both kids and adults, and "Little Liza Jane," "Buckeye Jim" and "Grassy Grass Grass" are folk tunes that make perfect singalongs, regardless of the age of the audience. The arrangements on You Are My Little Bird are primarily acoustic and purposefully low-key, and they allow the melodies of these songs to shine through, and Mitchell's singing is elegant, unforced, and a thoroughly natural pleasure to behold. The quieter moments of this album are ideal for evening play or bedtime, and if you're looking for a disc that will soothe all members of the family during a long car ride, this album is just what you've been looking for. Some parents will doubtless find themselves borrowing You Are My Little Bird from their offspring to play for their own pleasure -- it's an album almost magical in its enchanting simplicity, and should be welcome listening even in homes without any little ones about. ~ Mark Deming
"Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage"--Container.
Compact disc.
Program notes with bibliographical references (27 p. : col. ill.) inserted in container.
Traditional and popular songs for children.
Little Liza Jane (2:24) -- Who's my pretty baby (1:53) -- Zousan = (Little elephant) (1:39) -- Little bird, little bird (2:28) -- Three little birds (2:33) -- What goes on (2:53) -- Pom na tu ri = (Springtime outing) (1:20) -- Buckeye Jim (2:01) -- Peace like a river (2:57) -- Los pollitos = (The little chicks) (1:51) -- Winter's come and gone (1:59) -- Little wing (2:39) -- Lily pond (:59) -- The north wind (:39) -- If you listen (3:12) -- Down in the valley (2:21) -- Grassy grass grass (:56).
Elizabeth Mitchell, voice, guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, percussion ; with supporting vocalists and instrumentalists.
Recorded at ON-ME Sound, Providence, R.I. and Mount Temper, N.Y.; the 12th and 14th songs recorded at Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock, N.Y.
Principally sung in English; the 3rd work in Japanese; the 7th in Korean; the 10th in Spanish.