Parents' Choice Awards : Audio : Music
Toddlin' Tunes
Spring 2005 MusicReview:
Tried-and-true children's songs may seem somewhat out of fashion these days, with the growth of dynamic new material from many outstanding children's artists in recent years. Singer-songwriter Cathy Bollinger, however, knows the value of "tried-and-true" delivered professionally and sweetened with uncloying mom-coziness. Without rendering preschool favorites unfamiliar to
little ears, and accompanied by the voices of children, Bollinger deftly gives them her own creative spin, adding new lyrics and musical surprises to "Patty Cake," "The Muffin Man," "The Wheels on the Bus" and other classics. Her own gentle songs, crafted with the same warmth and lilt, are just as accessible-and
as easy on adult ears.
Lynne Heffley ©2005 Parents' Choice
A long-time Parents' Choice music critic, Lynne was a staff writer for 25 years at the Los Angeles Times where she established and maintained the paper's first weekly children's arts and entertainment beat and was a general arts reporter. Now a freelance writer, Lynne works in the areas of non-profit communications, the arts and family entertainment (specializing in children's theater, music, audio books and book illustration). In her spare time, when she's not reading, Lynne is likely to be found strumming American Songbook standards and Tin Pan Alley novelty songs on one of her seven ukuleles.
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