Dan Zanes - Parades and Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected by Carl Sandburg
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Artist: Dan ZanesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-09-14
Music Label: Festival Five Rec.
Soundtracks:
- Wanderin'
- The Railroad Cars Are Coming
- Titanic
- Railroad Bill
- Roll The Chariot
- Waillie, Waillie
- California
- All Night Long
- The Erie
- The Shanty-Man's Life
- I Was Born Almost Ten Thousand Years Ago
- Lo Que Digo
- Cuckoo Waltz
- Across The Western Ocean
- The Monkey's Wedding
- The Midnight Train
- Hallelujah, I'm A Bum!
- Lonesome Road
- The Son of a Gambolier
- The Colorado Trail
- Willy The Weeper
- Lord Lovel
- Lincoln And Liberty
- When The Curtains Of Night Are Pinned Back
- Ezekiel, You And Me
Music reviews of Parades and Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected by Carl Sandburg
Music Review: Great for the whole family
Rating: 5 Stars
We have a five year old and the requisite library of kid's music, ranging from the bad (Disney) to the pretty good (Laurie Berkner, Ralph's World, some Raffi, etc). This is definitely my favorite of all of them (even compared to DZ's others). It is not insipid, dumbed-down, or guaranteed to produce parental insantiy. Zane's inspiration is to recall that folk music was originally meant to be sung (and listened to) by everyone, young and old. There was no such thing as "children's music" 100 years ago (perhaps nursery rhymes). And, as all parents know, kids have a wonderful ability to rise to the occasion. So, when presented with a CD that didn't sound much like Disney or Raffi (and suspiciously like some of Dad's music), my daughter did rise to the occasion. She listened intently to the lyrics about the Titanic, trains, hoboes, gamobliers and began to hum along. She then asked us about stuff - "What was the TItanic?" So we had fun and learned at the same time. Perhaps the ultimate tribute to DZ's vision came last weekend when we were all working in the garden and my daughter suddenly launched into "Son of a Gambolier", only she called it 'Son of a Chandelier". Brilliant!
As others have stated, this is also excellent adult music. I have it on my laptop now as well as on CD.
Description of Parades and Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected by Carl Sandburg
Since its original publication in 1927, Carl Sandburg's The American Songbag has probably introduced more people to the glories of American folk music than any other book. On Parades and Panoramas, Dan Zanes performs 25 of his favorites from the 280 songs Sandburg published all those years ago. Zanes sings and plays guitar and mandolin in a style he aptly describes as "rough and instinctual," which is perfectly suited to these songs of sailors, hobos, cowboys, and railway workers. As on his previous recordings, Zanes is joined by a motley crew of musicians playing guitars, banjos, tubas, bouzoukis, drums, fiddles, and accordions. When this crowd launches into songs like "Titanic," which was composed not long after the ship went down in 1912, the downright silly "The Monkey's Wedding," or the naughty tale of "Willy the Weeper," they create a joyous racket that's hard to resist. Sandburg would be proud. --Michael John SimmonsGeneral CDs
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