Music moves me and I often used it to veg, motivate, relax, provide perspective or to just all-out-jam to.
I've long wished for my children to also become lovers of music and I've been very excited to introduce them - concurrent with our pending move to India - to music from all over the globe.
At our recent Playdate Goes Global, we created cds of various international themed children's music, but I SO wish that we'd been able to provide each family with a GLOBAL WONDERS CD!
Now available (AS OF TODAY!) through Amazon.com and at Target, ToysRUs and other retailers, this truly great CD features authentic culture in music styles that you moms and dads will also enjoy listening to (I promise!). This is not another one of those cds that you cringe at when your kids ask to listen to it!
Our family has spent many an afternoon be-bopping to this CD and the kids are even learning the words (in other languages!). Global Wonders is an award-winning CD, produced/composed by Jim Latham (who has also written for Disney).
This CD includes an impressive 19 songs spanning the globe - almost literally - with music from India, Italy, Greece, Mexico, Argentina, Japan, Ireland, Cuba and the United States (New Orleans Jazz, and Hawaiian Tiki). Highlights include a unique version of Vande Mataram, (India’s national song and the second most popular song in the world, per the BBC), incorporating a children’s choir into the chorus; Go Go Greece, a get-up-and-dance traditional Greek song; Banda Dance from Mexico; the Bollywood style India Celebrations; and America The Beautiful in a gospel vibe.
Take a listen at their special Global Wonders YouTube page or check out the Global Wonders website.
This family already has "India" the Global Wonders DVD on their wish list!
