Customer Reviews

Circle Game: Folk Music for Kids

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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!

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.)

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.

I think this CD is fabulous. It has a whole lot of songs from my younger days, sung by children. I play this in the car and both the kids and I enjoy it. I am asked over and over to play it. Recommend!

Really nice CD. My son & I enjoy it together - it's fun to share these classic songs with him and he enjoys the kids voices very much.