You remember Wallace & Gromit, right? Me? Honestly, I had forgotten about them. It’s been 7 years since the full length feature, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. But as a casual fan, I was interested to see what the latest release from Wallace & Gromit brought to the table. Wallace & Gromit: World of Invention is the first new release since the Academy Award® nominated, A Matter of Loaf & Death from 2009. The new DVD contains the entire six-part BBC ONE television series from 2010. The collection features Wallace & Gromit as hosts introducing segments on a number of educational topics. Each of the six episodes include six segments within them. This DVD is much less about Wallace & Gromit and more about the educational aspect. It’s as if Bert & Ernie hosted an
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Grenadilla's back with another album of warm, wonderful songs, and we "Can't Wait" for you to hear it
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It must be ‘Anti-Rockabye Baby’ week here at Dadnabbit. I suggested not listening to their CDs in this lullaby album review and Jeff took them to task in another post. So we follow that up with a review of another lullaby cd not named Rockabye Baby. Áine Minogue is a Irish harpist and singer who just released a new album Close Your Eyes, Love – Lullabies Of The Celtic Lands. While some might believe that all harp music is lullaby music, this is her first album made specifically with children in mind. Since I’m a sucker for all things Irish, and tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, this was an easy album to review. The album consists of mainly traditional Irish Lullabies with a couple original lullabies written by Áine included. The album also features numerous
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After numerous years of releasing quality musical for children, you pretty much know what you’re getting with each Putumayo Kids album release. The latest from Putumayo Kids: Instrumental Dreamland, is no exception. This is the sixth album from the Dreamland series and first that is all instrumentals. As with most Putumayo records, the album features music from all over the world. From Ireland (“The Lark,” Seamus Egan), to Japan (“Lullaby,” Masahiro Nitta), to Brazil (“O Filho Que Eu Quero Ter,” Reginaldo Frazatto, Jr.), Mali (“Kouyate,” Balla Tounkara), as well as several others from the United States. So take a break from those Rockabye Baby albums and give this one a spin as the day is coming to a close. It’s a great opportunity to unwind with your child as you prepare for bed time. Listen to
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I’m not a huge fan of concept albums because they take themselves way, way too seriously, and because it’s usually the result of pretention and unchecked hubris from a musician who thinks because he can write an expressionistic song he can somehow tell a long narrative through an innately non-narrative form. But maybe concept albums are absolutely perfect for kids. (Or song cycles rather.) As they are supposed to introduce kids to music and teach them something about the world around them, an album of songs on the same subject really hammers a point home, and demonstrates connections between different things that the little one may not have noticed as of yet. I think of this as I listen to Grow by Canadian singer-songwriter Andrew Queen. It’s a playful, refreshingly non-cloying kiddie record all about food: veggies,
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Last week Elmo celebrated his birthday and this week he is releasing a brand new DVD, Elmo’s World: Elmo’s Favorite Things. (out today, February 7th) The latest disc from the Sesame Workshop contains eight (8) episodes of Elmo’s World and features the DVD premiere of Elmo’s World Building Things. As you would expect, the regular cast of characters are all here: Elmo, Mr. Noodle, his brother Mr. Noodle and their sister Miss Noodle. And of course, Dorothy his pet fish is also here. It’s a collection of episodes that normally air towards the end of every Sesame Street episode. At this stage in the game you know exactly what you’re going to get from an Elmo DVD. Whether it’s Elmo talking to children, Dorothy, Mr. Noodle or other Sesame Street monsters; your child will be
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This holiday season lacks original Christmas programming. It’s either a repeat from 1977 or a holiday spinoff of a popular movie from 10 years ago. Thankfully Prep & Landing is neither one of those. Though it originally aired in 2009, it’s the exception to the rule. Entertaining for both kids and parents, I liked it when it first aired and my daughter has loved watching it ever since the DVD arrived. It’s a cute and clever addition to television’s holiday arsenal. The story revolves around Wayne (Dave Foley from Kids in the Hall, Newsradio) and his colleague Lanny (Derek Richardson) as they prepare houses for Santa’s arrival. Unfortunately things turn bleak and the duo face Christmas being canceled. Thankfully through some good old-fashioned teamwork, Wayne and company are able to save Christmas. In addition to
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