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Putumayo Kids Presents: Caribbean Playground | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Putumayo World Music
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $8.00
You Save: $7.98 (50%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 10740
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 226
UPC: 790248022628
EAN: 0790248022628
ASIN: B00028ZNL6
Release Date: July 27, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| | All Aboard - Atlantik | | | Votez Zouk - Luc Leandry | | | Jamaica Farewell - Desmond Dekker | | | Salutations - Erna Letemps | | | Little Anancy - Asheba | | | Great Big Boat - Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues | | | Three Little Birds - Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band | | | Malanga Ska - Ska Cubano | | | Reggae Dancin' - Missioniriez | | | Pa 'Piya Sou Do M' - Lole-Lolay | | | Train is Coming - Kingston Ladies |
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Product Description
This CD is a joyous celebration of Caribbean music and culture that will delight children and adults. It includes songs such as All Aboard (Trinidad), Train is Coming (Jamaica), and Little Anancy (Trinidad).
Amazon.com
Caribbean Playground is a sun-dappled disc that jigsaws the region into eight bright musical pieces, each with a surprisingly distinct sound. Reggae dominates, getting its rub-a-dub-roasted warmth across by way of "Three Little Birds," "Jamaica Farewell," and others, but it doesn't drown out Trinidadian soca, Puerto Rican bomba, or Haiti's lovely, acoustic-heavy twoubadou. Add to that the vocal magnetism of a lot of these artists--Taj Mahal and the Wailers among them--and Putumayo's expected above-the-call packaging, and you get a CD that's cooler than a Kingston street fair, only easier on little kid ears (and lungs). -Tammy La Gorce
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Love this CD December 10, 2007
Bella's Mama (NY, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this for my daughter when she was about 6 months old. She's 2 years old now and still loving it. We dance to it all the time. It's not the typical kiddie music which I love. It even has a version of "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley. Simply love it.
 Not the best of Putumayo November 9, 2007
chakakhanchakakhan (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like the Putumayo CDs in general, but this is not one of their best. My child LOVEs music but is totally uninterested in the songs. They are mostly slower songs and generally all have the same/similar sound or beat.
great for kids & adults too May 7, 2007
A. Whalen (NC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
fun carribean songs- easy for adults to listen to as well as kids
Putumayo music January 6, 2007
scotie (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for a friend of Barbadan descent. She wants her daughter to know the type of music from her culture.
This is great (not my type of music but then it wasn't for me!! I listened to the local library copy). Hence only the four stars.
All the tunes are well thought out, accurately represent the culture the particular cd focuses on and they're upbeat enough to capture your young one's attention whilst not becoming a source of annoyance to any adult within listening distance.
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Browse their website for the whole range of music.
I own their African Women and African Playground cd's and their Celtic Crossroads cd. All of which are incredibly pleasant to listen to, given that their primary audience is children.
Buy buy buy!! You'll not be disappointed.
A Caribbean playground for all ages May 31, 2005
riofriotex (Texas, where else?)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This award-winning CD highlights Caribbean styles such as Jamaican reggae and ska, Trinidadian soca, Puerto Rican bomba, Haitian twoubadou, zouk from Martinique and Guadeloupe, and Louisiana zydeco, featuring steel drums, marimbas, accordions, banjos, maracas, cowbells, whistles, and washboards! Liner notes are in English, Spanish and French with cultural information, colorful artwork, and musical style, song and artist descriptions. The CD is appropriate for all ages, and especially for music education in elementary grades. Lyrics in English (five songs are sung in Spanish or French) for most of the verses of ten of the twelve songs are available through the Putumayo.com website.
I enjoyed ALL the songs on this CD. It has old favorites like "Jamaica Farewell" and "Coconut Woman" (kids of all ages will love the "co-co-nut" refrain in this one, as well as the roaring "lion"!), in addition to a zydeco version of Bob Marley's classic "Three Little Birds." Kids will also love "Little Anancy," as many are familiar with Anancy/Ananse spider stories from school. And even though I could not understand much of "Bomba Te Traigo Yo" (sung in Spanish) or "Votez Zouk" (sung in French), the addictive beats of bomba and zouk respectively had me dancing around the room! You too will be glad that this CD "brings you bomba" and makes you want to "vote for zouk!"
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