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Family Dance [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

Dan Zanes
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listen  1. Jump UpDan Zanes 1:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Rock Island LineDan Zanes Feat. The Rocket Ship Revue 2:49$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. MaltiDan Zanes Feat. Barbara Brousal 2:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. The Hokey PokeyDan Zanes Feat. Father Goose aka Rankin' Don and The Dandelion Chorus 3:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Water For The ElephantsDan Zanes Feat. Donald Saaf 3:07$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Linstead MarketDan Zanes Feat. The Sandy Girls 2:58$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Fooba Wooba JohnDan Zanes Feat. Rosanne Cash 2:53$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Wonder WheelDan Zanes Feat. The Rocket Ship Revue 3:23$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Yo-Yo Sweet Yo-YoDan Zanes Feat. Rubi Theatre Co. 3:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. All Around The KitchenDan Zanes Feat. Loudon Wainwright III 2:49$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. In The EveningDan Zanes Feat. The Rocket Ship Revue and The Dandelion Chorus 2:29$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Flowers Of edinburghDan Zanes 1:58$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Thrift ShopDan Zanes Feat. Sandra Bernhard 3:40$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Skip To My LouDan Zanes Feat. Father Goose aka Rankin' Don 3:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. The Good Night WaltzDan Zanes Feat. Donald Saaf and Lyris Hung 3:21$0.99 Buy Track

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (July 30, 2002)
  • Original Release Date: November 8, 2001
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued
  • Label: Festival Five Rec.
  • ASIN: B00005TT6M
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,082 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #71 in  Music > Children's Music > Folk Music
    #92 in  Music > Indie Music > Children's Music

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At a moment when mainstream music is clogged with a surfeit of stale, formulaic songs and huge egos, Dan Zanes has found the Drano. Family Dance, his second kids' record (after the fab Rocket Ship Beach), again comes through with big-name helpers--Sandra Bernhard, Rosanne Cash, and Loudon Wainwright III among them--but instead of assembling a mixed bag of self-important numbers, Zanes, who produced and plays on all but one of 15 tracks, maintains a cohesive vibe that's low-key and playful. Yet here's a disc that's all over the map, genre-wise. Gruffster Rankin' Don, a.k.a. Father Goose, rasta-raps his way through "The Hokey Pokey" and "Skip to My Lou," the Sandy Girls carry us off to a colorful Caribbean village for "Linstead Market," Cash folks up "Fooba Wooba John," and Leadbelly's "Rock Island Line" makes a stop in Memphis bluesland. Zanes's originals--"Jump Up," "Wonder Wheel," and "Thrift Shop," performed as a duet with Bernhard--manage to be wholesome, happy, and hip all at once, no mean feat. But it's the music making on Family Dance that impresses most of all. Fiddles, beatboxes, mandolins, tubas, banjos, and concertina elbow their way onto these tracks, and they're balanced by Zanes's arrangements and backup singer Barbara Brousal's graceful voice and guitar work. Kids 2 and up will be likewise captivated by the chunky board-book packaging, again with original artwork. --Tammy La Gorce


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this is the follow up to the acclaimed "rocket ship beach" cd. it's the hip handmade sound of dan zanes and his friends bringing acoustic and electric guitars, fiddles, drums, harmonicas, mandolins, accordions, banjos, tamborines, and voices together for a mixture of traditional and original songs that can be danced to or just listened to depending on the occation. this is 21st century folk music made with the whole family in mind. special guests include Rosanne Cash, Loudon Wainwright lll, The Sandy Girls, Barbara Brousal, Sandra Bernhard, Rankin' Don aka Father Goose, and the Rubi Theatre Company.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stuff!, December 30, 2001
By Eric Anderson-Zych (Rochester, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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What a fantastic album for kids, parents, and anybody who loves a blend of folk/roots/pop. The whole album is great but these tracks stand out:
- Malti and Linstead Market have a Caribbean feel to them.
- Wonder Wheel has some good pop hooks and reminds me of The Kinks "Come Dancing.
- Hokey Pokey, Water for the Elephants and Skip to My Lou let parents listen to a children's song and still enjoy it even after dozens of playings.
- All Around the Kitchen is a kid's song that rocks.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Kid-Pleaser by Zanes, May 8, 2006
By dephal (California) - See all my reviews
  
We own several of Dane Zanes' CDs, but this is the one that's currently in my car's CD player. Consequently, I've listened to it approximately a zillion times in the past month.

The good news? My 3 and 6 year olds love it, and both enjoy singing along. It hasn't driven me insane yet, and I'm actually quite fond of "Malti" and a couple of the other songs. My 3 year old has learned to count to 10 in Spanish. The CD comes packaged in a board book, and both girls enjoy looking at the book as we drive. My older daughter has learned to properly pronounce "Edinburgh."

The bad news? I wake up in the morning and find myself humming "Fooba Wooba John" or "Yo Yo." I think these songs are permanently imprinted in my brain. A couple of the other songs are a little boring.

I think kids of most ages will enjoy this CD, and grownups won't hate it. It's not my favorite of the genre, but it makes a nice addition to our car music rotation. Oh, and if you visit Zanes' website, most of the song lyrics are posted there. I wish they were printed in the board book so the kids could read along.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dan Zanes saves the world from Barney and Disney, August 21, 2002
By Will Lingo (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
I feared having a child would mean ceding the stereo to "Cartoon Monkey Love Song" and whatever other dreck Disney and other companies pass off as kids' music. Fortunately, I saw a profile in The New York Times Magazine on Zanes soon after my son was born and ordered both this album and Rocket Ship Beach. I like this one a little bit better, while my wife prefers the other, but they're both excellent.

More important, our son loves them both. He's been listening to them since he was six months old, and he's gone from sitting on the floor clapping along to dancing around and bouncing up and down with the beat. I'm sure he'll be singing along soon. I'd say "Thrift Shop" is the best song on this disc, but they're all good, and the contributions of Father Goose on both of Zanes' albums are outstanding.

Another interesting note: Donald Saaf, the outstanding illustrator of children's books (check out "Pushkin Meets the Bundle" if you don't already have it), not only provides art for both of these discs, but he sings on both as well.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Family Dance
We love this CD. Our 3 month old enjoys being danced around the room to the songs and calms instantly when we put it on in the car! We especially love the song Thrift Shop!
Published 8 months ago by Susan Fule

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun CD
This CD has such fun music. I get these songs stuck in my head during the day they are so catchy. :)
Published 17 months ago by S. Thomen

5.0 out of 5 stars BUY THIS NOW!
Parents, prepare to have your lives changed! This is GREAT music that you and your kids will enjoy together. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Spinner's End

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!!!!!
I love his music!!! I am going to buy another one of his cd. I listen to his music in my car with my children. Sometimes by myself!!! Read more
Published on September 13, 2007 by Denise J. Driscoll

5.0 out of 5 stars Dan Zanes Rocks
Dan Zanes is great! Malti is one of our favorites but how can you not like a rocking version of Hokey Pokey? Definitely recommend it- a must have!!!
Published on September 5, 2007 by L. Lilly

5.0 out of 5 stars Two weeks...
It took us two weeks to find out what our daughter was happily going around the house singing (3 at the time). And finally Sesame Street came on, and she said her song was on. Read more
Published on June 11, 2007 by Astrotrain

2.0 out of 5 stars Most tracks are ok, but the two by "Father Goose" are awful.
My son loves the music, but the singing by "Father Goose" is unbearably nasal and off-pitch on "Holey Pokey" and "Skip to My Lou". Read more
Published on May 4, 2007 by Judith Blumhorst

5.0 out of 5 stars Let yourself go...
T. Bittner from Peroria should read her review again.
"My kids seem to like it (the ones I don't hit the skip button for) but I am not going to sacrifice myself when there... Read more
Published on April 14, 2007 by Mama Goose

2.0 out of 5 stars hard for Mom to tolerate
I love folk music, but this CD contains only 2 songs that I like and only 2 others that I can even tolerate. Read more
Published on February 18, 2007 by T. Bittner

5.0 out of 5 stars House Party and Family Dance
If you are looking for something different from the typical childrens music, this is it. My family has been addicted to Laurie Berkner since the summer and we needed something... Read more
Published on February 17, 2007 by Chet W. Egge

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