Green Options » global music http://greenoptions.com/tag/global-music Posts tagged 'global music' Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Favorite Kid’s Music: Tour the World with Putamayo http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/07/30/favorite-kids-music-tour-the-world-with-putamayo/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/07/30/favorite-kids-music-tour-the-world-with-putamayo/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:00:12 +0000 Katy Farber http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/07/30/favorite-kids-music-tour-the-world-with-putamayo/ I’m not a big fan of nursery rhymes with synthesizers and other canned music in the background, you know, the ones that enter your cranium, and stay for days, even in the middle of the night?

We’ve all experienced them somehow, from a well meaning friend or a grandparent. And for me, there is something truly offensive about cheery, annoying, repetitive music before 8am. It makes me drink coffee. Fast.

But it is shockingly not all about me, no. My daughters love music and love to dance, and of course I want to encourage this. I’m also eager to encourage in them a love of other cultures, language and musical heritage. I want their taste in music to be open and diverse, not always expecting the same kind of forced glee or silly lyrics found in many of today’s kid’s music.

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