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You Are My Little Bird | 
 enlarge | Artist: Elizabeth Mitchell
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Category: Music
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Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 764
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: FWZ-3-FW-45063
UPC: 093074506325
EAN: 0093074506325
ASIN: B000GKZN9M
Release Date: August 29, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Little Liza Jane | | • | Whos My Pretty Little Baby | | • | Zousan (Little Elephant) | | • | Little Bird, Little Bird | | • | Three Little Birds | | • | What Goes On | | • | Pom Na Tu Ri (Springtime Outing) | | • | Buckeye Jim | | • | Peace Like a River | | • | Los Pollitos (The Little Chicks) | | • | Winters Come and Gone | | • | Little Wing | | • | Lily Pond | | • | The North Wind | | • | If You Listen | | • | Down in the Valley | | • | Grassy Grass Grass |
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Product Description
Your kids will listen and youill be singing along. Not your typical CD for kids, this one is a mix of new, classic, & multicultural songs from an amazing mother, father, child trio. Youill fall in love with the acoustics, harmonies, and lilting melodies. Catchy tunes inspire a new sense of ease & wonder. The addition of Mitchellis little girl to vocals, makes it positively charming and even more appealing to young children. Youill find yourself playing this CD with variations on classics by Bob Marley, Neil Young, and even the Velvet underground, more often than you can guess. Fantastic for a new baby, this CD is one that parents enjoy every bit as much as the kids. It makes a cool and meaningful gift. Elizabeth Mitchell stands consciously and directly in the tradition of children's music. This CD features homespun renditions of songs by Woody Guthrie, Bob Marley, The Velvet Underground, Vashti Bunyan, Gillian Welch, and more. Her lovely voice brings a fresh sound to cherished American folk songs and other melodies from around the world. In a peaceful yet powerful way, she reintroduces us to the songs we thought we knew so well. You Are My Little Bird - Elizabeth Mitchell Acoustic Guitar, Unforgettable Songs, Beautiful Voices Voices of Elizabeth Mitchell, Her Husband & Daughter. This CD is 34 Minutes Includes a 28 Page Booklet Includes Songs Such as Little Liza Jane, Three Little Birds, & Buckeye Jim All Ages
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Elizabeth Mitchell is to children's music what a band like True Love is to indie rock: an insider's darling. Which can only mean one thing: any day now, she's going to blow up huge. You Are My Little Bird, Mitchell's third kids' CD and her first on the well-respected Smithsonian Folkways label, hews closely to the folkie-but-never-hokey sensibility she laid out so beautifully on the first two records. Here are 17 short, soft, sweet, homespun-sounding songs, some of them easily recognizable ("Peace Like a River," "Three Little Birds," "Down in the Valley"), some of them inexplicably obscure (Neil Young's "Little Wing," Gillian Welch and David Rawling's "Winter's Come and Gone," Francois Hardy's magical "If You Listen"). Throughout, even on tracks where her young daughter joins in, Mitchell's warm whisper of a voice compels a close listen, not just because the production is so spare you can practically feel her breath on your cheek but because there's something in her phrasing that suggests an old, wise soul. Miraculously, the bird concept never gets clunky; two exotic foreign-language songs--one Korean and one Japanese--help, but the real credit belongs to this all-around superb disc's sole stab at the subversive: Mitchell's stamp on "What Goes On," the Velvet Underground favorite, practically sails off the disc with its sunniness. --Tammy La Gorce
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| Customer Reviews: Read 68 more reviews...
Wonderful music! August 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I cannot really express how much my girls and I love this CD. We have listened to this music at least once a day for the past year or more. We dance to it, relax with it, rock together with it and just have it playing in the background sometimes. Truth be known...I like it as adult music too! I think it is charming and inspiring that Mitchell's young daughter and husband also sing and play instruments on the album as well. I cannot say enough great things about this album. It is calm, fun, sweet and beautiful all at once.
This Album Rocks the House! My Kids Love it Too! August 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Truly Amazing album, it really is perfect! Mitchell's voice is sooooo good, music is creative and upbeat, with a couple splashes of humor. Everything parents could hope for in a cool children's album and so much more!
Beautiful music for children July 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great CD - some of the songs are so beautiful they brought tears to my eyes. My kids love it too. I just ordered another of her CDs (you are my sunshine) and I can't wait to listen to it with my kids on our commute.
Very Calming and Charming July 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the perfect child's song CD!! My boys don't care for childhood music, but when I popped this CD in they quickly began singing. The songs are calm (compared to a lot of other children's music) and charming. Listen to the sound bites and you'll agree. The lyrics are simple and easy to repeat. You and your children will learn them quickly and request them at bed time.
Wonderful songs for children & adults! July 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A friend introduced me to the children's recordings performed by Elizabeth Mitchell & family. Music has been a huge part of my life and is now my profession so what a joy to finally hear children's music that is a pleasure to listen to whether child or adult, musician or simply music lover. The arrangements are simple and the singing is relaxed. The best music to listen to is performed by a singer/performer who you can tell is enjoying what they are doing. Thank you for great music that I love and that is a great way for my baby to be introduced to music as well.
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