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Maria Muldaur's Barnyard Dance

Jug Band Music for Kids
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PreS-Gr 3—Five-time Grammy Award-winner Maria Muldaur introduces classic jug band music on her fifth children's album. Thes lighthearted, snappy, folk-style music features excellent performances on washtub, spoons, pots, pans, kazoo, harmonica, washboard, jug, banjo, guitar, mandolin, and fiddle. Muldaur uses her sultry, deep alto to sing these 12 songs which have very catchy tunes and lyrics. "Barnyard Dance" tells about a vegetable dance party. "I Love to Ride My Camel" but not broncos or goats. Nursery rhyme characters throw things "Out the Window" (Jack throws his crown, Old King Cole throws his bowl, etc). "Everybody Eats at My House" and consumes foods that rhyme with their names (Hannah eats bananas, Tony eats macaroni, etc.). Among the other songs are "Mama Don't Allow No Jug Band Music 'Round Here," "Don't Let It Bother You," "Singing in the Bathtub," "All By Myself," and "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor." This unique offering, with its exceptional vocal and instrumental performances and excellent choice of songs, should be in every music collection for children.—Beverly Wrigglesworth, San Antonio Public Library, TX
In this beautiful, heartrending, yet horrifying film, North Koreans tell their stories of imprisonment, sexual slavery, torture, murder, and escape to China or South Korea during the nearly 50-year regime of Kim Il Sung (1912—94). The interviews are illustrated through the interspersion of dance sequences, archival news footage, and drawings. Particularly interesting are the North Korean propaganda films celebrating Kim Il Sung as God and showing in the face of mass starvation happy workers, elaborate military displays, and the creation of a new flower in 1988 in honor of the 46th birthday of Kim's son and successor, Kim Jong Il. A valuable time line traces 20th-century events in Korea. Bonus features include previously unreleased footage of camp refugees. This mesmerizing film displays excellent production values and is highly recommended for Asia collections.—Kitty Chen Dean, formerly with Nassau Community Coll., Garden City, NY
Reviewed by Kitty Chen Dean , Nov 01, 2010

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