I know, I know, everyone in the DC area and the country and the world is focused on another event this week, but after Tuesday's celebrations, the DC-area duo Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer are looking ahead just a wee bit to National Pie Day on January 23rd.
Just like Cathy and Marcy, I love pie, but unlike them, I haven't recorded a whole song about it.
Lucky for me and you, they're letting me post their track "I Love Pie" for your listening and downloading pleasure for a limited time. It's from their Grammy-nominated album Scat Like That! and in addition to being a zippy celebration of pie, the track features some useful Spanish phrases. (Though I'm disappointed they did not see fit to include "pastel de pacana" in their list of pies.) Thanks to Cathy and Marcy, it's yours to enjoy for a limited time.
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer - "Scat Like That" (mp3)
What Rhymes With "Dizzy"?
How about "snazzy"?
Check out Lunch Money's fancy new website.
More importantly, check out the availability of two more tracks from the fantastic Dizzy: "I Love My Library" (any song with a Nancy Drew reference works for me) and the title track.
It's an oasis of pleasantness in an In. Sane. day for me.
Go here to listen.
New Music From Elizabeth Mitchell (and Suni Paz)
Elizabeth Mitchell has posted a couple new tracks on her Myspace page. The first, "Little Bird Hops," she posted before (and it's still there for the taking, if you'd like to).
So the bigger news is a new track from Elizabeth Mitchell and fellow Smithsonian Folkways artist Suni Paz, whom she sang with in LA back in September. Mitchell's posted a duet of the traditional Argentinian lullaby "Arrorro." The lyrics (courtesy of here) sound like a balm to tired parents of newborns:
Sleep my baby, sleep my sun,
Sleep piece of my heart.
This beautiful baby wants to sleep
But the sandman won't come.
Sleep piece of my heart.
My New Music -- Sort Of -- From Peter Himmelman
Speaking of artists with Twin Cities roots, I've been hearing that Peter Himmelman was prepping the follow-up to his excellent 2007 album My Green Kite, but now I (and you) can actually hear the follow-up, or at least tiny portions thereof. From the sound of it, if you liked Kite, you're gonna like this.
Himmelman's posted clips from 3 new kids' songs at his music page. The songs are the ska-tinged "Imagination," the XTC-ish "King Ferdinand," which is cursed with the shortest clip, and the bluesy title track.
What's that? Title track what? The album will be called My Trampoline, thereby continuing Himmelman's run of "My" albums -- this'll make five. Makes you think he and Elizabeth Mitchell totally need to duet on a You Are My... album...
Video (and More!): "The Tale of the Sun and the Moon" - Eric Herman
Another video from Washington's Eric Herman, this one for his "The Tale of the Sun and the Moon" (available on his mellow Snail's Pace compilation). The song, based on a Kenn Nesbitt poem, is not my favorite tune of Herman's by any stretch, but I think the video really adds a lot. The illustrations from Lauren Wilson have an ever-so-slight Gustafer Yellowgold quality to them, though I'll admit to missing Eric's wife Roseann's animations.
Eric Herman - "The Tale of the Sun and the Moon"
Oh, and all of you who had Sugar Free Allstars, ScribbleMonster, and Eric Herman in the "Name The Next Kids' Music Collaboration" pool, congratulations...
Listen To This: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" - Charity and the JAMband
San Francisco's Charity and the JAMband has always been good about offering mp3s on their website, and now word comes from Charity that she's going to be offering these on a monthly basis.
The first one, for December, is a sweet little acoustic expansion of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". Definitely worth the time to listen (and download). Sign up at the top of the page to be notified of future downloads.
