Mami-approved Musica

There was a great story in the paper Saturday morning about Kid Music that Won’t Force You to Stick Sharp Pencils in Your Ears.

The story heavily quotes Dan Zanes, formerly of the Del Fuegos, who has found success as a kiddie entertainer. His song, Queremos Bailar, is a hit around here and I have been known to sing it at the top of my lungs from the windows-up safety of my Goldfish-encrusted Accord.

Also mentioned in the story was this blog, Children’s Music That Rocks. It’s written by a librarian for the New York Public Library and it rocks.

The search for music I could live with, and which would not dull my daughter’s Music City-born palate for good taste, is the main reason I hooked up with iTunes. (That and the ability to download Bow Wow Wow’s I Want Candy.)

The only thing they need to improve is the ability to search for children’s songs in Spanish. But, I did score these, which we love:

If You’re Happy and You Know It by Maria del Rey
Boom, Boom by 3+2
And the most fabulous Los Pollitos Dicen version by Emilio Delgado. It is semi-performed here, just for you, by Maria Felice, then 2.5. (Please ignore the stage mother’s voice)