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| 1. Fatou Yo (Toure Kunda) - Toure Kunda |
| 2. La Mariposa (Colibri) - Colibri |
| 3. Three Little Birds (Cedella Booker-Marley & Taj Mahal) - Cedella Marley Booker/Taj Mahal |
| 4. Waltzing Matilda (Trevor Adamson) - Trevor Adamson |
| 5. Home by Barna (Teresa Doyle) - Teresa Doyle |
| 6. Mardi Gras Mambo (Buckwheat Zydeco) - Buckwheat Zydeco |
| 7. Tik Tik Tak (Glykeria) - Glykeria |
| 8. Bongo Bong (Manu Chao) - Manu Chao |
| 9. Boom Boom Tarara (Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca) - Ricardo Lemvo/Makina Loca |
| 10. Bonjour Pra Voce (Nazare Pereira) - Nazare Pereira |
| 11. Memories of Africa (Shlomo Gronich & The Sheba Choir) - Shlomo Gronich & The Sheba Choir |
| 12. Just Keep Goin On (Eric Bibb and Needed Time) - Eric Bibb/Needed Time |
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Subtitled "A Musical Adventure For Kids", World Playground is the kind of album everyone in the family should hear. It's a collection of children's songs from around the world sung mostly in their native languages and presented in attractive and tuneful arrangements. The songs travel from Africa to the Caribbean, from Australia to North America. It's enjoyable and entertaining to journey from "Waltzing Matilda", sung in the Aboriginal language called Pitjantjatjara, to Buckwheat Zydeco's "Mardi Gras Mambo", then cross over to Greece for the bouzouki strumming and rousing chorus of "Tik Tik Tak", before heading for Brazil and "Good Morning To You" (sung in Portuguese and Patua). Produced by the well-known World Music label, Putumayo, the album comes with an excellent and colourful booklet which explains the songs and prints translations. There is something of a North American slant to the selections (nothing from Asia or the Far East, for example), but still the album has a lot of fun demonstrating how similar so many diverse musical cultures are, and how much we all have in common with each other. As the album says, it's "guaranteed to make you feel good!" --Mark Walker
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An inspiring journey around the world, featuring Manu Chao, Taj Mahal and more
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A stunning example of global music, for young and old.,
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This review is from: World Playground (Audio CD)
After listening to this C.D at a friends house, whose son had been given it as birthday gift, i was hooked. Although it is aimed at a young audience (it comes complete with stickers), I genuinly feel that its rich range of culturally diverse music has something to offer everyone. 'Three little birds' is a well known Bob Marley song and on this albumn, his mother, who sings it, brings it to life with classic reggae charm. Along similar lines is Manu Chao's 'Bongo Bong'. A chilled, funky French tune based around the story of bongo playing monkey! This really has got to be heard. This is a C.D that consists of 12 excellent songs. Many of which are sung in the original language in which they were written. World Playground also comes with a booklet that provides a brief history on the origin of each song, the story behind it, lyrics and translations. An exciting example of music from all over the globe, from the mellow beats of Africa to the traditional Rembetiko love song of Greece. This is definetly, a must have.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: World Playground (Audio CD)
This is a fantastic cd - I have a 7 year old and a 4 year old and they both love singing along to this. The words are easy to pick up even when in other languages and great when the kids start learning French and Spanish. I recommend this to anyone fed up with the nursery rhymes and annoying songs aimed at children. As a family we all have our favorite songs on this cd and love listening to this in the car. Also a great introduction to world music for children.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great music for all the family,
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This review is from: World Playground (Audio CD)
Another Putamayo hit. High quality original music that shows you don't need a sickly sweet voice to perform appealing music for kids. Good mixture of instrumental and vocal music in a mix of styles. Very catchy. Highly recommended. Something the whole family can enjoy.
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