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Christian P. is our randomly selected winner of the 5-title Putumayo CD collection. Thanks everyone for your entries!
Putumayo Kids just released what’s destined to be your kid’s new favorite: Jazz Playground. From bebop and swing to Latin and African jazz, this multicultural CD celebrates the vibrant diversity and global influence of jazz and will get the whole family grooving. (Read on for a chance to win some Putumayo CDs.)
I’ve loved their Playground series since my daughter was young and would play a CD over and over and over again. We quickly realized that Putumayo CDs pleased her as well as us! It turns out that Dan Storper, founder of Putumayo, had that exact plan in mind:
With our children’s series, my professional goals and responsibilities as a father of a 4-year-old son seem to merge. I’m always looking for songs that William will love and, despite playing scores of time, won’t drive my wife and me crazy. Jazz Playground is filled with lots of loveable, jazzy songs that are great fun for kids but which parents not only can bear but may even press the replay button for themselves. One of the songs, Cumbamba, by Cuban-American, Jose Conde, was recorded especially for this CD after I’d heard a scratchy, early version that I thought would sound nice if re-recorded. The cross-cultural collaborations and tasteful versions of children’s favorites like Sing a Song of Sixpence, Mary Had a Little Lamb and the Spiderman theme song make this a one of kind musical journey that the whole family can appreciate.
Want a taste? Try this track from Oran Etkin for Little Lamb Jam.
Note: you can simply listen online using the player below, or you can “right click” to download the mp3 file.
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Want more? Pick up Jazz Playground, now available in our stores. Bebop, swing and all that jazz: cool tunes for global kids!
Want to win? By March 16th, enter a comment letting us know what CD you or your kids listen to incessantly, and we’ll choose a random winner to receive a 5-title Putumayo package – a little something for everyone.
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My daughter LOVES Susie Tallman’s CDs, as well as anything by Ralph Covert (Ralph’s World). Fortunately, I’ve also bred into her a love of classical and contemporary music, so when we aren’t listening to kids’ songs, we listen to things mommy likes, too
March 10th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
My son LOVES the Imagination Movers! Their demands of “Jump up! Get down! Stand up! Turn around turn around!” are met with joy!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Anything by the Imagination Movers gets a lot of play at our house, but they also like Keb Mo.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Our son loves the Cars Soundtrack. Jams to all the songs and enjoys relaxing to the instrumental end of the cd.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
My daughter and I are constantly listening to Michael Jackson’s greastest hits. I was pregnant when he passed away and her father is a dancer who was hired to be in a huge Michael Jackson show. By being at all of his rehearsals she became attached to the music. She is now 10 weeks old and since birth listening to the Michael Jackson’s greatest hits CD or dancing with mommy to it is the only way to stop her from crying.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
My little one loves to listen sing and dance to B is for Bob. It’s a great child – friendly collection of Bob Marley songs (sung by Bob & friends)
March 10th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
My kids love the Jack Johnson Curious George soundtrack. I love listening to his voice too and we all get together and dance to the more lively songs.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
My kids love Yellow Submarine by The Beatles!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
I can sing Raffi’s “Down by the Bay” in my sleep! CD= “The Singable Songs Collection”
March 10th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
I listen to Ralph’s World At The Bottom Of The Sea.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
My daughter is listening to the Twilight Soundtrack 24-7. It would be nice to hear some jazz instead!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
My kids have listened to Kenny Loggins Return To Pooh Corner since they were brand new babies =) They love it!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
They Might Be Giants is my kids’ favorite CD!!!!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
The Figureheads (every album) and Ziggy Marley’s “Family Time” are in HEAVY rotation around here for my 2 and 4 year old boys. But I don’t mind because I like their “kids music” too (with a positive message!)
March 10th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
The “Fiddle” album from Music Together
March 10th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
My daughter and I love the “Philadelphia Chickens” CD! We listen to it all the time…poultry in motion is a beautiful thing!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Trout Fishing in America!!!! Especially the Family Music Party, but we all love anything by Trout Fishing.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Beatles 1. My daughter loves to dance to the early stuff & her favorite song is Yellow Submarine.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
We listen to our Kindermusik CD (Away we go) in the car, at home, pretty much everywhere! We love it!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
My 2 year old can’t get enough of Laurie Berkner Band. I love it too so it’s all good
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March 10th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
We love to listen to A Child’s Celebration of the World, French Cafe, Animal Playground, New Orleans Playground… We love Putumayo music!!!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Euro Lounge and World Lounge all the way!!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
My 4 yr. old son loves B is for Bob and always asks to listen to the bird song (Three Little Birds). Other current faves are the latest Ziggy Marley and The Presets (the boy loves a good beat!).
March 10th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
My daughter loves Psalty the Singing Songbook. My wife and I listened to it as kids and we had to hunt around to find a copy online.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
I love “North African Groove”…my kids are 12 and 15 and they like it too.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
We listen to lullaby versions of U2 and Nirvana songs.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Cocteau Twins’ Heaven or Las Vegas.
All. The. Time!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
We listen to the Wiggles, over and over and over!!! We sure could use a change:)
March 10th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
My hubby and 16 month old darling have been listening to The Deedle Deedle Dees “Freedom in a box” 5 to 6 times a day since they came to the valley a couple of months ago!!!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
“European Playground” is AMAZING! My ten-year old son and I just love baking cookies and dancing along to the music.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
My 5 year old listens to Miley Cyrus all the time
March 10th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Putumayo never disappoints us. We’ve been a Putumayo family,well, ever since I got on to it. Grammas to grandkids always find their groove. Nice promo. Good luck everyone!!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
My Girls LOVE the Ziggy Marley – Family Time album!!!! Also, Laurie Berkner Band is always a favorite too!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
My son (along with my wife and I) loves to listen to “These Friends of Mine” by Rosie Thomas, featuring Sufjan Stevens and Denison Witmer.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
We love all music but currently we’re listening to Laurie Berkner and Barney. Yes, Barney….everyday! Oh, my!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
My grandson Stephen and I constantly listen to what is actually a homemade CD developed by our Primary School Music Teacher, Sister Liz Macdonald. This musical delight contains all the children’s song numbers taught to Primary classes of all ages, approved by the church. They are simply wonderful tunes, such as “Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam”. Many of these songs have hand and body actions that go along with each verse. Sincerely, Jane Ryan, “Grandma Jane”
March 10th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
My toddler daughter loves a wide variety of music, but her faves are Johnny Cash and the Beatles. Her good taste makes my ears happy!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
my middle son and myself addore enigma,, their songs are church sounds, indian chants, pan pipes all in one, their music makes us both feel close to the earth and our soles feel de stressed. my son is 22 and i am 43.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
We listen to the new Verve Pipe family CD – nothing beats singing about cereal at the top of your lungs!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
To a local musician, Christy Simpson – here DVD is Mud Pies and Sweet Dreams. They hop to the Magic Muffin Dance.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Toby Mac
March 10th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Nerissa & Katryna’s Nields’ “Rock All Day”.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
I recently discovered Zee Avi, who is an upcoming artist from Malaysia. She has a blues/jazzy feel to her, and I listen to her debut CD practically every day!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
My 8 month old LOVES the “Oh Brother, Where Art Though” soundtrack!!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I’m not sure we listen to any one thing incessantly but probably the closest we come is They Might Be Giants’ “ABC’s” and “123’s.”
March 10th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
My daughter’s favorite CD is the “Pinkalicious” soundtrack which was created from the book. Lots of fun and she can sing all the words
March 10th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
We listen to Barenaked Ladies “Snacktime” constantly. The alphabet song is the best.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
The CD from the Movie Hairspray is our most popular. The kids love it and listen to it nonstop and love to sing along.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
We love Red Grammar’s CDs – Teaching Peace and Hello World.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
steve songs…marvelous day…even I love it!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
My 4 year old son loves Jack Johnson’s Curious George Soundtrack, while I’ve been listening to a-ha’s “Foot of the Mountain”.
March 10th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
My 7 year old son loves Muse (and the entire Twilight Soundtrack)…don’t get me wrong–they love the Imagination Movers too!!! Jazz Playground sounds phenomenal though!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
I don’t have any kids, but I have 16 2nd grade students! Does that count?! We listen to Putumayo cd’s all the time in our classroom and we do the project with the putumayo passports. They LOVE listening to Putumayo’s Caribbean Playground, Women of Africa, African Playground and One World (they usually choose Women of Africa when reading). I love listening to them sing along in another language while they are writing…. even if they don’t know what they are saying
March 10th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Lucy’s favorite cd right now is the Putumayo kids world playground cd! Aside from that, Ben Harper can make her stop in her tracks!!
March 10th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
It’s not a music CD, but we listen to stories by Robert Munsch. As for music we listen to Derek Webb Stockholm Syndrome a lot.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Before I even read what you were giving away, I was getting ready to write: Putumayo World Music. How cool is that???? Wow, thanks for giving away such a great gift. I hope we win. Fingers (and toes) crossed! ♥
March 10th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
My daughters (3rd and 5th graders) and I love listening to Green Day’s American Idiot (not necessarily entirely appropriate for their ages, I know, but great music!) We had it playing in the car for weeks. The 5th grader also loves Coldplay, and the 3rd grader loves the Beatles!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
My daughter and I listen to the last Michael Jackson CD. She came to love him through me and that is super.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Well our kids are early adopters and they have pandora stations that they control and program from the roku. Really it is easy, and one great thing about pandora is that Putumayo is already a station.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
We LOVE Choo-Choo Soul….a great CD to learn ABC and numbers..and just a great fun CD with a great beat and educational~~
March 10th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
My son and I LOVE They Might Be Giants’ “Here Comes the 123’s”! This cd makes both us dance!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
This is awesome! Super zippy and fun!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
My kids are 3 and 1 and there are 2 CD’s we play nonstop, one in the car and one at home.
The first is produced by Music For Little People: Ted Jacobs’ A Child’s Garden of Songs. It features the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson (A Child’s Garden of Verse) set to beautiful Celtic music and we all love it!
The second is “Songs for Saplings” by Dana Dirksen. It teaches children simple Bible verses to remember and Dana’s pure, clear voice and sweet, simple acoustic guitar, along with the precious harmony of the childrens’ voices, is a favorite in our home.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
We have Rocknoceros “Dark Side of the Moon Bounce” on constant rotation – it’s fun, educational, and hip/rockin’ enough my husband and I don’t get sick of it.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
My kids love Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, They Might Be Giants and Barenaked Ladies. My 7 y.o. son is a huge fan of Josh Groban. They also listen to Laurie Berkner quite a bit. Oh yeah, Dan Zanes too. We love all kinds of music here
March 10th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Oh, and, not trying to get an extra entry, but I forgot to add that we love Putumayo music too and I have been using World Playground with kids (I used to teach) for almost 10 years! My son loves it. Our close ties are with Animal Playground (my son begs for “No More Monkeys Jumpin’ on the Bed!”) and Celtic Dreamland…the song on there by Susan McKeown has a very special meaning for me and my daughter, and I even emailed the artist personally for a translation from Gaelic, which she graciously provided. I am so grateful to Putumayo for putting beautiful, world-wide folk music out there that we can all learn from! My kids are so musical and I love that they aren’t limited to the same 5 songs I knew as a kid…you know, “Twinkle Twinkle”, “ABC’s”, “A Tisket, A Tasket”…
March 10th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
We listen to Putamayo’s Celtic Dreamland all the time because my daughter has a hard time going to sleep
Would love some Jazz!!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
My daughter insists on listening to only “Fascinating Creatures” by Frances England whenever we are in the car. My daughter is 3 years old and it’s the perfect mood music for her, fun lyrics and lots of recognizable terms. She laughs out loud when she hears “Blueberry Pancakes” because there’s a line that sings about flipping the pancakes in the air with the blue berries in the sky… Love it!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
The Curious George Soundtrack is the favorite in our minivan, for both my kids and myself!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Little Bird CD by Elizabeth Mitchell is my daughter’s favorite. We have given several of these CDs as baby gifts.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
My son and I listen to many of the Putumayo cds. They are fantastic, adults and playground ones. The kid’s cd that we listen to the most is Ziggy Marley’s Family Time.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
My 7 year old daughter LOVES Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT. She listens to it in the car & @ home ALL the time. HELP!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Medeski Martin and Wood have a great children’s album that I play at school, I teach 3 and 4 year olds. “Let’s Go Everywhere” with everything from a Nursery Rhyme remix to new takes on Schoolhouse Rocks favorites!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Van Morrison’s greatest hits has been on repeat now for the past month. Domino is our son’s favorite song.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
We listen to the Mother Earth lullaby CD often! Love it!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Right now the must listen to CD for my child is Rockabye lullabies (Nirvana).
March 10th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
My son and I love all of Clay Aiken’s CDs (new one coming out in June!), we love Kansas, Boston, Journey, and lately my ds (who is 7) has been on a BeeGees kick! When he falls asleep at night, he listens to NPR, they’re usually playing classical, but sometimes play jazz or bluegrass. My son has taken quite a liking to jazz, which surprised me.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Putumayo African playground will be heard about daily in this house hold!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Josh Groban helps calm our baby every time he fusses, must be because mom listened to it non-stop during her pregnancy.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
I love Joanie Bartels music, especially her Lullaby Magic album. My mom played it to me as a baby and while I was growing up. I like how it’s so soft and soothing. This music is like comfort food for my soul. Some jazz would be nice to spice things up though.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Elizabeth Mitchell My Little Bird is one of our favorites, but nothing gets us through the afternoon like a little Michael Franti. We are big Putumayo fans as well (French cafe for tea parties!). Great giveaway.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
My 4 year old son LOVES listening to Paul Simon’s greatest hits. It’s on repeat through breakfast, lunch and dinner! I don’t mind, because I love it too!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
My daughter loves Singable Songs for the Very Young by Raffi, especially ‘Going to the Zoo’ or ‘The Zoo Song’ as she calls it.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
My 3-year-old son loves They Might Be Giants’ “Here Comes Science”. He’s got all of the songs memorized.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Several Putamayo compliations are on regular rotation at our house, but particularly Music from the Winelands, Gypsy Caravan and Swing Around the World. All the Cuban CDs are fantastic also!
March 10th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
We still listen to the Jack Johnson/Curious George CD, as well as Elizabeth Mitchell. They Might Be Giants is a favorite as well as most anything sung by children.
March 10th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
My three-year-old is a three-year fan of French Playground. The only other CD/artist she listens to with equal conviction is Paul Simon. And, you know what? I’ll take it. I think I enjoy it as much as she does — and I cherish the fact that she prefers it to the usual toddler/pre-K fare she’s so often bombarded with. We’d love to discover and experience more that Putumayo has to offer!
March 10th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
My kids (12, 10 & 2) love the Beatles 1, AC/DC Back in Black, Michael Jackson’s Greatest Hits, Tom Petty Full Moon Fever and Enya Shepherd Moon. So glad that their tastes are so diverse…I don’t go nuts listening to the same thing over and over.
March 10th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
I want this CD, where can I find it?
March 10th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
My granddaughter and I listen to Taylor swift….I know all the songs as does Emma
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leslie sweeney
March 10th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
We have a CD where the Disney Characters sing traditional kids songs. We listen to that one a LOT. We also have the Putumayo Reggae Playground CD that my son and I both love.
March 10th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
In our house, we listen to kid and grown up’s music. Most recently, we’ve been listening to a newcomer to the kid’s music scene from Connecticut – Ryan SanAngelo – who is also an author. His book is Spaghetti Eddie which is a very cool story about Eddie who loves spaghetti and uses it to help people! His CDs are even cooler with a very grown up, rock n’ roll feel – Play All Day! and Awesome, Dude!!! http://www.ryansanangleo.com
March 10th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
My son is 5, and he loves ziggy Marley, barenaked ladies, and they might be giants…. All have amazing kids albums!
March 10th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
We love Sandra Boynton’s “Dog Train” CD. It really rocks – especially the title song, “Don’t Give Me That Broccoli” & “Cow Planet”. Moo, moo, moo…quack, quack!
In addition, we like Beatles – especially “Yellow Submarine” – & the B-52s. Funny story: My son likes to sing when he’s getting his hair cut. Last time, he was singing some kid fare (“Chim-chiminey”, “A You’re Adorable”, etc.) – and then broke out into “Roam” (from the B-52s) and “Brick House”. I’ve done my job!
March 10th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
My twin 4 year olds LOVE Steve Songs (Mr. Steve from PBS). We listen to all his cds in the car.
March 10th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
we’ve listened to a lot over the years.. the kids are swayed by what’s popular, but always come back to the beastie boys, zero 7, los lobos and the red hot chili peppers. i try to fit in some classical, johnny cash and world music, too. we have a lot of putumayo cd’s and they have been a great source of world music: latin jazz, afro cuban, celtic dreamland, world reggae, and of course the classic world playground! they are all outstanding.
March 10th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
It’s been John Lithgow’s The Sunny Side of the Street for weeks now!
March 10th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
I’m trying to teach my kids to love a variety of music, but jazz is my passion. One we listen to over and over again is The Buena Vista Social Club. The kids really love De Camino a la Vereda. They’re ages 2 and 5. (And they even watched the movie with me recently.)
March 10th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Well, it changes alot, she used to love Hi-5, then Laurie Berkner…now it is soundtracks! The current favorite is Disney’s Beauty and the Beast soundtrack. Over and over, lol! But it is great music! I have heard of the Putamayo cds & would love to win Thanks for the chance.
March 10th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
My daughter listens to all of Elizabeth Mitchell’s CD’s on a playlist. She loves Milkshake and Putamayo.
March 10th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I listen to the Folk for kids…almost more than I do with my 2 1/2 year old son! We have become huge fans of all the individual artists, especially Dan Zanes. Also, I think it’s Sing Along with Putamayo, is stuck on repeat. Bling Blang is now said to be “Mama’s Jam!”
March 10th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
We cannot let one day go by, without listening to, “Putomayo’s World Reggae CD”!
March 10th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
We have no little ones, but if we did we would listen to the Putumayo Caribbean Playground. Especially “Coconut Woman” Good stuff!
March 10th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Under a Shady Tree by Laurie Berkner. We are listening to it RIGHT NOW, and we will be (I can guarantee it) for nearly every waking moment of my child’s life until she finds something else. We love the Putamayo kids, my favorite is the French Playground, but they all offer something wonderful.
Also, we LOVE Jack Johnson & friends’ Curious George album- especially after meeting him a few months at LegoLand- what a nice guy!
March 10th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
We started noticing songs that our son would totally jam out to, so we started the ‘Kaeden’s Faves’ playlist. We throw that on and he’s dancing and singing like crazy (list includes such faves as Vampire Weekend, Beirut, Sting, Cloud Cult, Feist, etc).
March 10th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
My kids listen to anything Disney..they sing along to the soundtracks for Cinderella,Snow White,The Jungle Book and their favorite right now is Toy Story’s “U Got a Friend in Me”….It always simmers them down…
March 10th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
My son and I love For The Kids. He loves the kids cute kids songs and I love that they are song by some of my favorite artists.
March 10th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Jack Johnson: Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies For The Film Curious George. “The 3 R’s” is a favorite. And, they are liking Mommy’s favorite ’80’s music on Sirius/XM’s First Wave (channel 22) station.
March 10th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
We listen to a lot of music in our house and have a ton of favorites…Jack Johnson, Elizabeth Mitchell, 23 Skidoo, Gustafer Yellowgold…to name a few from our kids music collection. The one my son is just starting to get into right now and really groovin to is They Might Be Giants – Here Come the 1,2,3’s.
My husband and I definitely prefer kids music that we can stand to listen to as well so it gets the whole family moving!
March 10th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
When my son was younger we started with both World Playground CDs. Now we love the Paris and French Cafe CDs. He also listens to the Asian Dreamland CD almost nightly to fall asleep. They are all so wonderful!! Can’t have enough!
March 10th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Putumayo’s “Sesame Playground” gets an enormously inordinant amount of airtime, as do Harry Connick Jr.’s “Songs I Heard” and Los Lobs’ “Los Lobos Goes Disney”. We have a few of Putumayo’s Playground discs, and the whole family enjoys them, as we do with the other Putumayo CDs we have. Putumayo never disappoints.
March 10th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
The opportunity to ponder what CD we listen to most felt daunting and brought me to investigate further by looking in the CD cabinet to find, “Putumayo Presents-The Best Of World Music” on top. I bought it in 1994 the year my son was born, we’ve listened and danced to it incessantly to this day, what great memories. Love You Putumayo
March 10th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
The opportunity to ponder what CD we listen to most felt daunting and brought me to investigate further by looking in the CD cabinet, to find, “Putumayo Presents-The Best Of World Music” on top. I bought it in 1994 the year my son was born, we’ve listened and danced to it incessantly to this day, what great memories. Love You Putumayo
March 10th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
My daughter loves the Baby Loves Salsa CD. She enjoys dancing to it!
March 10th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
My 1 1/2 year old little boy loves They Might Be Giants – Here Comes The ABCs and Here Comes the 123s.
March 10th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
‘B Is for Bob’ is our number 1 favorite album!
There is something so sweet and comforting to hear “Don’t worry bout’ a thing cuz everthing little thing is gonna be alright!” from beautiful 3 and 5 year old voices.
I always sang “Don’t Know Why” – Norah Jones – to both my kids when they were babies and I still sing it as they fall asleep some nights…
March 10th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
My girls love “the best of disney princess.” it is all the songs from the movies and broadway shows. That and the “barbie and the Diamond Castle” soundtrack.
March 10th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
My 8yr old will listen to about anything, she loves jazz, classical, rock, and a whole host of other things but right now she is listening to Winters Solstice V – Wyndam Hill Artists as her bedtime music.
March 10th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Our son’s favorite bedtime album is Iron & Wine’s Around the Well!
March 10th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Jessica Harper’s “Inside Out” CD is awesome! The upbeat sons keep my daughter singing al day long. Her other CDs are wonderful too. My favorite song is “Shout the Happiness”.
March 10th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
We like to listen to Putumayo’s Picnic Playground while we cook.
March 10th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I purchased Putumayo Jazz Playground for my niece Milayah,and when we visit
we love to dance and play bongos. It’s easy to lose time,the music takes us away. I decided to purchase a second cd for when my daughter has her little one(Im still waiting) but I know this too will bring hours of fun. Cool Groove!
March 10th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
My daughter will be 5 in April. She loves country music and when she was in the womb would bounce and be really happy to hear Born to Boogie by hank jr. She still loves County, but has such a wide variety in music. But Her current fave has to be Asheba’s no more monkey’s…When she hears that song she runs, jumps, and flips through out the house. She is so high energy that after listening to that song a few times she has had a great work out. I just love though when she gets moving to music and has a great time.
March 10th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
We love Jazz for Kids!
March 10th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
My son listens to the Veggie Tales “Oh Christmas Tree” every night! I need some new music that he likes to stop the Christmas music!!!
March 10th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Billy Jonas – What Kind of Cat are You?
March 10th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Here Come The ABCs by They Might Be Giants
March 10th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
My 4 year old daughter loves listening to Alicia Keys’ new album. She even knows most of her songs. I love Alicia too. She is so talented.
March 10th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Any of SteveSongs CD’s. Right now it Music Time with SteveSongs – Volume One. We took our kids to a show and now anytime he’s in the area we have to go.
March 10th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
My 3 year old twins love all kind of music, specially if they can dance to it. The daily requests are: Bule Bule by Music Makers and Symphony no5 by Bethoven. Other favorites are The Laurie Berkner Band and They Must be Giants. I forgot to introduce them to Jazz….. That CD sounds awesome.
March 10th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
We love, love, love Elizabeth Mitchell’s You Are My Sunshine CD. All of the Putamayo CD’s are awesome; just recently checked out Asian Playground from the library and it’s great!
March 10th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
My kids (and me, too!) love, love, love Smithsonian Folkways Children’s Music Collection. It gets us all singing along.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
My kids love the Madagascar 2 soundtrack. Such fun songs to dance to. We have lots of dance parties!
March 11th, 2010 at 1:35 am
My kids (5 and 7) love jazz and swing. Although they don’t speak English, they can sing the words almost perfectly
‘Just a gigolo’ is one of their favourite one. Also, they are keen on fine classical music like Mozart. We listen to classical music every time when I feel they need to get relaxed.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:00 am
my kids and I have a lot of music in the car but one of our favorite CDs is from Paco de Lucia, a modern Flamenco guitar player. I joke around with them about getting a job playing bass in their band.
March 11th, 2010 at 5:29 am
My kids and I are in love with the soundtrack from Where The Wild Things Are.
March 11th, 2010 at 8:49 am
Curious George Movie soundtrack with Jack Johnson
March 11th, 2010 at 9:26 am
My little one and I love all the Putumayo CD’s that we have, but the most listened to one is the Afrian Drumming. But we make a point to play a real variety of music – Classical to Led Zepplin.
March 11th, 2010 at 9:37 am
When our daughter was a newborn she would fall asleep to various live recording we have of Jack Johnson…something about his soft voice and beautiful acoustic guitar soothed her like nothing else. She’s now 4 and we have a 2 year old son who both love Jack’s Curious George soundtrack. Other favorites are Garcia and Grisman, the Beatles, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seegar and CSN. More recently, they are loving the song “Backwards Down the Number Line” by Phish. And it’s a family tradition to listen to Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant” after Thanksgiving dinner. Love watching my kids sing and dance so free and purely to the same music that I love. We’ll have to check out Jazz Playground.
Also, much love to Whole Foods Mount Washington, MD store for supporting WTMD’s (Baltimore’s listener-supported public radio station) fund drive with free lunch for it’s volunteers this week. Rock-on WFM!
March 11th, 2010 at 9:52 am
I get to spend lots of quality time with my grandkids. I play CD’s when I’m driving to keep us all calm and relaxed. Their favorite CD is Bruce Springsteen’s “The Seeger Sessions” especially the tracks “Froggie Went A-Courtin’” and “Old Dan Tucker”.
March 11th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
We love Veggie Tales and Jessica Harper and Barenaked Ladies and Ralph’s World right now – glad to have a 6-disc changer in the car!!
March 11th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
European Playground is our current favourite, but all the Playgrounds are fab.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
My daughter loves Raffi. Pretty much anything by Raffi. She does have one Putumayo that she’s also a big fan of though.
March 11th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
My Daughter can’t get enough of The Wiggles “Hot Potato” CD. She loves doing the actions, especially the Quack, Quack song!!!
March 11th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
I would love to have one of your CDs for my son, who is almost 3. He is a wonderful, musical child. He’s always playing with his guitar and other instruments and loves to dance. We are a multicultural family and would love to have some multicultural music to dance together with. Many nights we break out the music and have family free style dance time. It’s great together time, fun, and we get some exercise too. I think this CD would be perfect for that use. We thought Little Lamb Jam was great fun. Thanks.
March 11th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
My kids LOVE the Wiggles! They love the TV Show and listening to their music all the time!
March 11th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
we love elizabeth mitchell’s you are my sunshine! it’s our daytime favorite.
March 11th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
My daughter loves these!
March 11th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
My daughter listens to Little People CDs ALL the time – Silly Songs, ABC Songs…tonight she found the little people Christmas CD and had that going. I think tomorrow she’ll find the Halloween one…
March 11th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
My son and I listen to Rockabye Baby Bob Marley every night – at least once.
March 11th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
We love the French Playground Putumayo! Listen to it at least 3 times a week!! Would love to win the new one!
March 11th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Dan Zanes! Went to his concert last weekend, and have been listening ever since…
March 11th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
My 3 year old boys loves to sing Black Horse and the Cherry Tree. “No, No, No No. No, No, no, no, no.” Lol!
March 11th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Snazzy by Go Fish Guys. I love to watch my three little girls dance like crazy to this music.
March 12th, 2010 at 6:52 am
Love love love their Dreamland CD….got me through many sleepless nights with my son.
March 12th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I really enjoyed this tune and i am sure the CD is just as great..
This music is very powerful and easy to listen and dance to. children along with their parents will enjoy the whole CD.!!!!!!!!!
March 12th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
My daughter loves to listen to Magic Treehouse Stories every night before bed. She asks for different “Jack an Annie” CD to be put in the player each night.
March 12th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
what a great giveaway, thanks for the opportunity
well, we do listend to a few CDs non stop, we are crazy about the putumayo CD (the grown up version) we also listen a lot to Vivaldi’s 4 seasons, and lotus chill out music. another fave is the juanes “camisa negra” cd.
crossing my fingers!
March 13th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
We listen to and love the World Playground CD. I’ve had it for years, and being a preschool teacher during those years, have used it in every setting I’ve been in. It’s so much fun! Now my own daughter is picking out her favorites from it. Keep making great music compilations! And thank you!
March 13th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
My teenage son loves the Celtic Crossroads-CD, my two smaller sons like to dance to Reggae around the World.
March 14th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
From Hay To Z- a children’s bluegrass album by Big Smith!
March 15th, 2010 at 10:40 am
We love the Charlie Brown singing the Beatles cd. We used it as a bedtime music.
March 15th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Hi there, My children LOVE the Putumayo Dreamland CD!! We purchased it last week and now use for every single rest time and bed time.
I would absolutely love to add more Putumayo CD’s to our collection. Thanks!
March 16th, 2010 at 3:37 am
We love the Picnic Playground!
March 16th, 2010 at 11:07 am