For example, if you were in the A's of my Spotify you'd see: Aretha Franklin, Ace of Base, Arcade Fire, Amy Winehouse, The Avett Brothers & Alison Krauss....
See! "Gurl....I'm cray!"
I love everything (my Spotify library has 6,000 tracks) and get bored quickly so I'm constantly consuming new & unique music.
If her musical taste turns out to be as awesome as her fashion sense...we good.
With this in mind I've been looking for unique children's music for JP since I first found out I was pregnant.
Because, besides the fact that I'd like her to be exposed to as much musical variety as possible, I'll have to listen to this crap too! ;)
As much as I love the nostalgic Disney songs, they get old after awhile. There's only so many times you can jam to my beloved "Under The Sea" while chopping carrots for dinner before you throw the carrots against the wall screaming "F** Under the Sea!" (ok that never really happened...but you know what I mean :) ).
Plus, a lot of the children's radio stations tend to play super annoying well....crap.
I'm happy to report that if you are willing to dig around Spotify, i Tunes & the Internet there are some great choices out there. A lot of artists have contributed to children's music that might surprise you and there are also a lot of songs that aren't necessarily made for kids, but are kid appropriate.
So I decided in this week's post, to share some of my discoveries!
Here are some of my favorite songs JP & I have been rocking out to:
Songs:
The Mother Truckers-I'll Meet You You There
Farmer Jason & Brandi Carlile-Have You Ever
Barry Louis Polisar-All I want is you
Wilco-Just A Kid
Pharell-Fun, Fun, Fun
The Shins-They'll Soon Discover
Jenny O.-I'm Gonna Love you too
The Drive-By Truckers-Daddy's Little Pumpkin
Sara Bareilles-Brave
Sondre Lerche-Mr. Bassman
Brandi Carlile-Keep Your Heart Young
Ray LaMontagne-You Are the Best Thing
Justin Townes Earle-Maybe Baby
Beyonce-Love On Top
The Airbourne Toxic Event-Timeless
Phillip Phillips-Gone, Gone, Gone
The Civil Wars-From This Valley
Brett Dennen-Blessed
Florence + The Machine-You've Got The Love
Lissie-Bright Side
Karen O. & The Kids-All is Love
The Civil Wars-Sacred Heart
Ray Charles-You are my Sunshine
David Gray-The One I Love
Alison Krauss-Baby of Mine
Barry Louis Polisar-Me & You
Robbie Williams-Beyond the Sea
Bobby Darin-Splish Splash
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons-Big Girls Don't Cry
Little Richard-Rubbie Duckie
Plumb-In My Arms
Robin Thicke-My Life
Pharell-Prettiest Girls
Brandi Carlile-One Magic Kiss
Bob Marley-No Woman no Cry
Albums:
Ziggy Marley-Family Time
Various Artists-For The Kids
So blog peeps, please share the love as well! If you know of any good kiddie songs please leave them in the comment section.
JP will love ya for it!
XO to my blog peeps!
Krista
P.S. Please note that "C is for Cookie" will NEVER become annoying. That song is freakin hilarious every time!
Here is one of my more recent favorite jams by Sara Bareilles "Brave":
"I wanna see you be brave!" Great message for my little lady. :)
