Smithsonian Folkways Children's Music Collection

by SFW CHILDERN'S MUSIC COLLECTION

Overview

There are over 200 children's recordings in the Folkways catalog. This is not just a smart collection of 26 of the best items from that body of work; it's also folk music that adults might actually listen to for pleasure, at least for part of the time. There are kids' songs, or at least songs that are fun for kids to sing, from such folk giants as Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Cisco Houston, and Woody Guthrie; Guthrie's "Riding in My Car (Car Song)" is a particular hoot. But there are also tracks from far lesser-known performers, such as children's music specialist Ella Jenkins, and, most importantly, a smattering of cuts from singers of several different continents. There's calypso from Lord Invader, African folk from W.K. Amoaku, Yiddish folk from Ruth Rubin, and selections from Puerto Rican and Mexican artists, not to mention poems by Langston Hughes. It's a fine way to help give kids a multicultural musical grounding without being doctrinaire in the least. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	03/17/1998
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074504321
Rank:	129100

Tracks

1. Riding in My Car (Car Song)  - Woody Guthrie
2. Mary Mack  - Ella Jenkins  -  Traditional
3. All Around the Kitchen  - Pete Seeger  -  Traditional
4. Ha Ha This A-Way  -  Lead Belly  - Alan Lomax  - John A. Lomax
5. Merrily We Roll Along  -  Lord Invader  -  Lord Invader & The Calypso Orchestra
6. Miwoe Nenyo  - Willie K. Amoaku  -  Dr. W.K. Amoaku
7. Pole Pole  - Ella Jenkins
8. Dreams and Youth  - Langston Hughes
9. Why Oh Why  - Woody Guthrie
10. I Had a Rooster  - Pete Seeger  -  Traditional
11. Oksn  - Ruth Rubin
12. Sur le Pont d'Avignon  - Alan Mills
13. Benjamin Franklin  -  Illinois School Children
14. Los Pollitos/The Chicks  - Suni Paz
15. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star  - Ella Jenkins  -  Traditional
16. ABC's  - Ella Jenkins
17. Animal Alphabet  - Alan Mills
18. Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo  - Cisco Houston
19. La Vibora de la Mar/Serpent of the Sea  -  Mexican Children
20. Wolf Song and Turtle Song  - Irene Poolaw
21. Bedbug  - Arna Bontemps
22. Skip to My Lou/Four Pence a Day  - Pete Seeger
23. Hey Coal Miner  - Larry Long
24. Among the Little White Daisies  - Jean Ritchie
25. Old Bell Cow  - John Cohen  -  New Lost City Ramblers  - Tom Paley  - Mike Seeger
26. One Grain of Sand  - Pete Seeger

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Illinois School Children   Primary Artist
Irene Poolaw   Primary Artist
Woody Guthrie   Primary Artist
Suni Paz   Primary Artist
Arna Bontemps   Primary Artist
Larry Long   Primary Artist
Cisco Houston   Primary Artist
Langston Hughes   Primary Artist
Lead Belly   Primary Artist
Ruth Rubin   Primary Artist
Jean Ritchie   Primary Artist
Lord Invader & The Calypso Orchestra   Primary Artist
Pete Seeger   Primary Artist
Ella Jenkins   Primary Artist
Alan Mills   Primary Artist
Willie K. Amoaku   Primary Artist
The New Lost City Ramblers   Primary Artist
Mexican Children   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Mexican Children   Performer
Mike Seeger   Composer
Woody Guthrie   Composer,Performer
Suni Paz   Performer
Anthony Seeger   Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Arna Bontemps   Performer
Alan Lomax   Composer
Tom Paley   Composer
Larry Long   Composer,Performer
Cisco Houston   Performer
Langston Hughes   Performer
Lead Belly   Arranger,Composer,Performer
Ruth Rubin   Performer
Dr. W.K. Amoaku   Composer
John Cohen   Composer
John A. Lomax   Composer
Charlie Pilzer   Mastering
Jean Ritchie   Performer
Lord Invader & The Calypso Orchestra   Performer
Pete Seeger   Composer,Performer
The New Lost City Ramblers   Performer
Ella Jenkins   Arranger,Composer,Performer
Lord Invader   Composer
Alan Mills   Composer,Performer
Mary Monseur   Production Coordination
Carla Borden   Editing Assistant
Willie K. Amoaku   Performer
Michael Maloney   Production Coordination
Irene Poolaw   Performer