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Educational Gifts for Kids: Books and Music from Putumayo Kids {Giveaway}
*This giveaway is now closed* Congratulations to Angela Ainsworth, Kim Lo, and Jill L! We’ve been listening to Putumayo’s Celtic Christmas since the end of October. Accordion, strings, and gorgeous vocals weave together a beautiful album to cheer you through the chill of winter and anticipate the Christmas season. My favorite track is Lasairfhíona Ní [...]
Disney’s Imagination Movers Live at the Pavilion {Giveaway}
You wanna know what moms really want for mother’s day? We want precious and significant time with family. How about a family concert day on Charlottesville’s historic Downtown Mall at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion? Disney’s singing and dancing quartet based in New Orleans is heading to Charlottesville on their tour. Wildly popular with kids singing [...]
Acoustic Dreamland by Putumayo Kids {giveaway}
At the end of this month, Putumayo Kids will release the fifth CD in their successful Dreamland series, Acoustic Dreamland–another home run in their series of all-star albums for the entire family. Eleven singer-songwriters perform unplugged, soothing music to lull children to sleep and for adults to unwind. The CD includes songs originally recorded by the [...]
Cantilena CD | Gifts to Hear
Cantilena: Night Songs from Around the World is an extraordinary collection by award winning classical guitarist Hilary Field and vocalist Patrice O’Neill. Also featuring virtuoso acoustic duo Mike Marshall and Darol Anger, Grammy award winning English hornist Nancy Rumbel, and principal musicians from the Seattle Symphony and Pacific Northwest Ballet orchestras, this disc spans the [...]
Sunny Day CD | Gifts to Hear
Elizabeth Mitchell’s newest release, Sunny Day, is a crystal clear river swirling along in the brow beating arch of a summer’s sun. Peaceful beauty that’s flavored with smiling poetry and plucky bluegrass, sprinkled with a lot of heart. In a children’s music industry filled with so much “sameness” of annoying antics and hyperactivity-induced sound effects [...]
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