Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Christmas preview

I know it's a little bit early. But tonight I was coming home from the hospital where I study and I realized that the streets were already decorated with christmas lights and stuff... By the way, I'm going out for a little travel next week, so when I'll come back it will be totally christmas pre-time. And I'll be totally unprepared, like every year. So I thought that it would be alright to take a first look for some good christmas music. And I found this:


A string quartet playing a nice folk and jazzy version of holiday music. Very well played, very enjoyable, very christmas time. It almost made me desire a snowy landscape, a fireplace, and a christmas tree... almost.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Accents of: children's music

This post starts with the Bulgarian voices. Yes, those incredible choirs that are capable of sounds that no other human vocal chord can produce. I just was in the mood for the Bulgarian voices and was listening to some tracks. And in the middle of the tunes I opened I found an album of bulgarian children's music. I was curious and pressed play. My little ones started to dance like crazy saying "more" everytime a track stopped... So that's more or less how this all started. And I guess it may just be the beginning.


I didn't know that bulgarian voices were amazing from the very beginning...


Brasil. Sao Paulo, rhythm and fun and the story of an elefant and a little ladybird. This is good for grownups too.


A children's version of the classics of pop and rock? In Brasil it's possible. And sometimes it's better than the original.


Canticuenticos is a nice project from Argentina that mixes music, visual art, and education. The songs are composed on latin american rhythms and atmospheres, are beautiful and funny. And I love the muñequitos.