This review and giveaway was made for me! I have a huge interest in, and a great love for music and I am also passionate about our planets sustainability and a really big proponent of Earth Day. For me the, La Bella Stella – Celebrate Earth Music Series, is a match made in heaven.
The Recess Music “Celebrate Earth” series seeks to assist the cause of protecting and preserving our environment by donating a portion of the proceeds from each release to a selected environmental organization. A portion of the proceeds from “La Bella Stella” will benefit the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, New Hampshire, which is dedicated to educating learners of all ages by actively engaging them in the exploration of astronomy, aviation, Earth and space science.
A little bit about “La Bella Stella” the fifth in the “Celebrate Earth” series of CDs:
- Opens with Maria Alley’s solid vocal styling on “Nature’s Lullaby.” This is nature appreciation with a great backbeat!
- The album next offers up some smooth as silk old-time jazz on “I Love the Dark,” where elegant jazz violin and a little whistling “à la Bing” enhance Tom Knight’s 1920s vocalizing.
- “Shooting Stars” lets Martha Johnson sing a reverie to the night sky over the mesmerizing ostinato of African thumb piano and percussion.
- “Galaxy Song” reduces the mysteries of the universe to a double time, upbeat lowest common denominator, with Andy Z creating terrific, high energy without high voltage guitar.
- AudraRox brings a bit of country rock to her dissertation on the pros and cons of “Gravity.”
- Set in a “cool jazz” minor key, Kenn Lonnquist’s very hip “Nocturnal” celebrates nighttime fauna with close harmony and a driving beat.
- Wayne from Maine offers a lunar “sha-na-na” ode to the “Man in the Moon”.
- Wendy Whitten brings a late ‘70s “West Coast” gentle rock sound to “Earth’s Satellite.”
- The tremendously creative Rocknoceros entertains with “Pluto,” a funny, upbeat ballad in rhyming couplets about Pluto’s discovery and subsequent demotion.
- More celestial information is imparted in the hauntingly beautiful counterpoint of Lori & J.D. Uponen’s “Aurora Borealis.”
- The distinctive qualities of Mary Kaye’s “Shadow” are guaranteed to catch the ear of any child.
- “Neptune Lullaby” by Dr. Planet features a sumptuously symphonic string sound, replete with strong choral singing.
- Banana Slug String Band’s “Safe at Home” includes strings of a more bucolic flavor, along with some great “country” vocal harmony.
- Laura Giosh’s “Harmony of the Spheres” likewise blends voices, strings, guitars, and percussion over an optimistic bass line.
- The album closes with the delightfully piquant a cappella harmony of Charity and the JAMband’s “So Long to the Day.”
Recess Music, an award-winning company that strives to awaken kids to the magnificence of our planet through albums of Earth-friendly music, looks forward to the March 27th {available in time for Earth Day} release of “La Bella Stella,” the fifth in its “Celebrate Earth” series of CDs (Big Round Records, $12.99, for ages 4 – 11, run time 41 minutes).
BUY IT – La Bella Stella is available online at Recess Music.
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Using the Rafflecopter form below, simply follow the instructions, complete the mandatory entry, (which unlocks the optional entries), plus any or all of the optional entries for your chance to win this amazing prize! Good luck!
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I’d also like to own Ocean Motion.
“U R SOME 1″ – THE BEST FOOT FORWARD SERIES
I learned that LA BELLA STELLA will be released at the end of March
ontariohappychick at gmail dot com
Growing Veggie Soup looks cute.
(entered as Jennifer)
I’d like Wild Child!
I would like the Big Bully CD!
I like both UR SOME 1’s Piggy Little Toes and La Bella Stella’s Nature’s Lullaby.
A portion of the proceeds from CD sales will be donated to the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, New Hampshire.
I’m all for encouraging quality music for kids.
Lee
An A to Z Co-Host
Tossing It Out
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I’d love to hear “Growing Veggie Soup”! Being vegan and growing veggies/herbs at home, this would be a hit! :)
I would really like the wild child cd
I would love to hear the Wild Child CD
Love that these guys support the roots and shoots program!
I would like the Celebrate Earth and Ocean Motion!
Thanks!
Jenn from How to Make Bows out of Ribbon
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I would like the Big Bully CD.
I learned that the CEO is Nancy Doan and that their NEXT RELEASE is just in time ESPECIALLY FOR EARTH DAY 2012.
My daughter would like the Ocean Motion CD.
I’d love to have the Big Bully CD!
I would love to have Ocean Motion CD
I would love to own Growing Veggie Soup
I’d like to hear The Wild Child cd – sounds like fun!
Introdcuing Wild Child sounds interesting!
Wild Child also looks like an awesome CD.
Thanks for the chance :D
I’d love to get teh Wild Child CD for my daughter too…