Backflip Bob
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Dads & Moms take note
This album is very contagious, yes it's silly & fun, but it is also contagious and you just might find yourself humming or singing these tunes yourself. My young one always listens and enjoys the Battersby Duo and their silly humor, sweet harmonies, and emotional appeal just keep growing. This is the latest collection of their songs and they have evolved musically while maintaining their silly side. You will also want to purchase "A Tail of Two Sillies" and "By the Book" after you become fans from listening, singing along, and dancing to "Sunny Days".
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Michelle Warren
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Another Awesome CD by The Best!
Our family loves this CD! Even now my kids are a little older (1st & 2nd grades) they still love to listen to the Battersby Duo songs. When I told them about the new CD they started dancing around and wanted to know when they could hear it! lol All of us loved "Sunny Day", "Bubbles", and "Rhythm of the Sway". My oldest has kept going around the house singing "I'm proud to be me" over and over, and my youngest keeps saying (yelling) “I'm gonna shout my blues right out!!” from “It's a Brilliant Day”. The whole CD is Brilliant!
Thanks Battersby Duo for entertaining our kids (and us) so well and for so long. We'll be fans forever, I know. I'm going to buy another copy for the preschool my kids went to. The teachers and kids always get a kick out of the Duo's songs as much as we do. Now that I think of it, I think my youngest niece would love to have a copy too.
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Natural Traveling Momma
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Sunny Days With The Battersby Duo
After a long day of adventures with Mishy and then being stuck in traffic, I play, Sunny Days, the Grammy nominated CD by The Battersby Duo. Listening to their songs instantly reminds me of the sunny day I just had with my daughter. We are based in Los Angeles and while traffic in Los Angeles doesn’t rival Cairo’s, it still gets crunchy. I breathe and sing along as sometimes a car tries to cut in front of me before I look in the rear view mirror to see my daughter dancing in her car seat, clearly enjoying the music too.
Mishy’s favorite song from Sunny Days is, “Bubbles.” After she heard it once, she knew the chorus instantly. Now, she gets this fun smile on her face, runs up to me, and starts singing, “I love bubbles…” I love Mishy’s voice. I love Laura and Tim Battersby’s voice, melodies, and lyrics. Their songs remind me of all the fun songs I wished I had when I was younger, when I hoped the world was a wide world of fun, charm, and constant springtime where flowers continue to bloom and there is a freshness in the air.
Their opening song, “Sunny Days,” makes me think I am on a family vacation with Mishy every day because truth be told, I am so lucky I am able to spend my days with her. “Proud To Be Me,” is a genuinely enjoyable song about silly things we all do and how it’s fine to sing, “I am proud to be me…” It feels it has a history to become an anthem for children of all ages, including those who like being childlike, at times.
Sunny Days, reminds me of all the great summer camps I attended and the campfires and the dances I had with the boys I had crushes on – they were some of the highlights of my years growing up. I didn’t always date the boys I had crushes on, but I usually got to dance with them at least once.
Yes, the CD’s genre is kids music, but it doesn’t mean it’s just for kids. Sunny Days is for anyone who was a kid and sometimes yearns for that innocence again and also for those who don’t have the baggage of life to yearn for that lost innocence. Most importantly, the music is fun to listen to over and over again, with an educational twist.
Details:
The Battersby Duo – Sunny Days CD
http://www.battersbyduo.com/SunnyDays.htm
Want to see The Battersby Duo in concert? They are embarking on a substantial tour this spring which reaches deep into summer. Their first stop is in London, and then on May 29th, 2011, they will be headlining the The Des Moines Family Music Festival (Every Family Rocks) along with Justin Roberts and They Might Be Giants. http://www.everyfamilyrocks.org/
They will be continuing their tour to New York, Washington, DC, and Chicago by mid June and then continuing on southwards to Naples and Fort Myers, Florida, before working their way up along the east coast through Jacksonville, Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC and end up in Northern Virginia, right outside DC by the beginning of August. Want to keep a track of their tour? Follow them on their website: http://www.battersbyduo.com/
(Full disclosure: This CD was gifted to us. I was under no obligation to review it. I chose to because after seeing The Batterby Duo perform a short set when they were in Los Angeles for the Children’s Grammy Nominee concert, I became a fan and I really love, Sunny Days.)
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School Library Journal
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Sunny Days.A wonderful album
PreS-Gr 3–Former elementary school teachers and award-winning performers, Tim and Laura (The Battersby Duo), present 11 fun songs. Their voices harmonize beautifully together, and in places their sound is similar to that of Peter, Paul & Mary, as they utilize various styles of folk, rock, and country music. They are joined by some excellent musicians who perform on piano, bass, guitar, pedal steel guitar, dobro, fiddle, mandolin, violin, and drums. “Sunny Days” reminisces about family camping vacations at the beach. “Rhythm of the Sway” is a participatory dance tune. “Flat Screen Daddy” boasts about his 60-inch, wall-mounted flat screen. In “Hey Seuss: A Treebute,” Tim uses a gravelly voice and English accent to extol the many wonderful books that Dr. Seuss wrote. Other songs include “Bubbles of Fun,” “Precious Friend,” “It’s a Brilliant Day,” “How About Dessert?” “Here I Come,” “Shanny’s Song,” and “It’s Smart to Be Smart.” A wonderful album that will appeal to both children and adults.–Beverly Wrigglesworth, San Antonio Public Library, TX
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