Not Naptime
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Performer: Justin RobertsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-11-02
Music Label: Carpet Square Records
Soundtracks:
- Night Light
- Brontosaurus Got a Sweet Tooth
- Nine Planets
- Not Naptime
- Billy the Bully
- Pick Up the Pears
- Moving
- Three Days
- 98.8
- D-O-G
- Dad Caught Stars
- Last Night the Moon Was Full
Music reviews of Not Naptime
Music Review: Justin Roberts encourages meditation and conversation
Rating: 5 Stars
Many of these reviews have mentioned how much adults like Justin Roberts as much as - or more than- their children. So much of what is available for children today is frenetic and nonsensical, and everything has its place. But as a high school teacher I see less and less introspection and more MTV mentality: make it fast, make it flash, forget about the depth. Justin's music allows quietness to enter the car, and encourages families to talk about the import of the song.
"Moving" in particular, struck a chord with my husband as his family moved frequently. We were able to talk with our daughter about the stability of our home, and how objects around us gain significance.
Throughout this album are kernals of parent-child time, rich with memories of moments spent alone with parents under the stars, on a camping trip, or just in the house.
I cannot recommend this album more, if not for a child, then for the child in you.
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Description of Not Naptime
Multi award-winning artist JUSTIN ROBERTS releases his newest collection of tunes, Not Naptime. Zippy lyrics and smart musical arrangements make Not Naptime a treat for grownups and kids alike. Justin explores the world with a fresh eye - from the importance of installing a "Night Light" to the exquisite pleasures of a summer night. Don't get caught when "Brontosaurus Got a Sweet Tooth" or when Mom wants you to take a bath after only "Three Days" of glorious griminess.While most of Not Naptime is pure fun, some of the lyrics offer solace and inspiration for facing everyday problems - the school bully or the prospect of moving to a new home. And every kid will recognize serious the powers of persuasion employed when a kid asks his parents for a new "D-O-G."
"These songs speak to issues I remember were important when I was growing up, " explains Justin. "I want to make music that's fun but also write songs that speak to the whole of a child's experience."
While all of the messages are positive and wholesome for children, the music is sophisticated and catchy enough for a grownup audience. "Some of my biggest fans are in their 20s," Roberts quips.
Justin Roberts is an acclaimed folk-pop singer-songwriter with a gentle and youthful voice. Formerly with the Minneapolis band Pimentos for Gus, Roberts also recorded a solo release for adults called Bright Becomes Blue. His career as a children's musician began a few years ago when he was a Montessori preschool teacher and music director, writing original songs related to monthly themes in the school curriculum. The song "Apple Tree" written during this time became one of the highlights of Roberts' first family recording, Great Big Sun.
Roberts' second family release Yellow Bus won national acclaim and awards, including Gold Awards from both Parents' Choice and the National Association of Parenting Publications. It also was selected as one of Amazon.com's "Top 10 Children's CDs of 2001."
Few singer-songwriters are as alert to what's whirring around in the minds of 3- to 8-year-olds--and fewer still capture it as honestly or intelligently--as does Justin Roberts. In a dozen songs as uniformly catchy as the cluster on 2001's excellent Yellow Bus, Roberts rubs the typically dismissive grown-up smear off of genuine childhood troubles: The moon and stars may be bright, but they can't hold a candle to a household full of night-lights ("Night Light"); Mama says moving will be all right, but her reassurances ring hollow when a beloved backyard fades from sight ("Moving"); and a temperature, no matter how slight, could signal the onset of a ferocious "fever fog" and ought to seal the deal on a home-from-school day ("98.8"). Set loose in songs sturdily built on folk, rock, and country foundations, and mellowed by Roberts's rich, way-back gargle, such sentiments generate warmth that lingers. --Tammy La Gorce
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