Circle Game: Folk Music for Kids

Circle Game-Folk Music for (Artist), Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 4, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music Little People
• ASIN: B00005NTQ1
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,892 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Instead of going round and round and round trying to narrow a meandering genre for Circle Game: Folk Music for Kids, Music for Little People limited its songwriting players to a certain era. So break out your bandana and loosen up about letting the kids wear tie-dye, because a hippy-happier mood is hard to find these days. It's not that the 13 songs collected here serve only to spread good vibes--"You've Got a Friend" does more to remind us how we'd feel without one, and "Puff the Magic Dragon" could knock the wind out of even the most freewheeling spirits--but the boys and girls enlisted to perform these tracks clearly were feelin' groovy come recording time. "If I Had a Hammer (the Hammer Song)" and "If You Want to Sing Out," both led by what sounds like a mighty and stuffy-nosed 6-year-old, carry the lyrical capacity to temporarily ease 21st-century strife, real or imagined. So do "Happiness Runs" and "Moon Shadow," which even when delivered by crooners too young to wax philosophical can't help but impart a near-mystical hopefulness. "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Both Sides Now," and "The Circle Game" pull a similar sleight of hand, sparking a winding, shifting sort of introspection. For a finale, "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" couldn't be more fitting. Spin this disc and count on not only raising just-aroused consciences, but also on kick-starting a renewed karmic wave of harmony and lyrical insight. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Chipmunk Folk, November 19, 2001

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DHS (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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I bought this CD specifically to help me sing folk songs to my newborn -- I didn't anticipate the songs to be sung by children in such high voices and at speeded up tempos! It's nothing I can sing along to, let alone barely listen to. Maybe small children would enjoy it but adults would probably find it as irritating as I do!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fun, hippy happy music, August 30, 2007

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Gina Campellone "lover of words" (Vernon, CT) - See all my reviews
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I love to listen to music while driving in the car with my kids, and since I love folk music I thought we'd give this CD a try. It was a risk worth taking. All three of my kids (ages 11, 7, and 2) enjoy it. Some songs make them giggle (First there is a Mountain), and others are just fun to sing along to. There's a good mix of upbeat, quick tempo songs and calmer melodious ones. And I must admit that sometimes I listen to it even when there aren't any kids in the car! It's a great collection of hopeful, sunny music. (There are one or two songs sung by a kid whose voice has an incredibly nasal quality -- or maybe he just has a stuffy nose! In any case, it sounds kind of odd and comical at first, but after a while the funny little voice grows on you and it's rather endearing.)

3.0 out of 5 stars Kids like it, I can hardly stand it!, March 26, 2011

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This review is from: Circle Game: Folk Music for Kids (Audio CD)

With so much great kids music available today it's hard for me to listen to this one. Frankly, I don't really like any albums with groups of kids singing so that's what I don't like about this one either. That said, it's really fun that my daughter now recognizes some of the "old" music that I grew up listening to. Decent song selection.