Anyone who knows us knows that Elena will be a tech savvy baby. As such, she already has an MP3 playlist for the iPod. This playlist includes several lullaby compilations, as well some silly songs (thanks Garrison Keillor!!)
By far the favorite so far (and Kiki's music pick from the cradle) is the album "Lullabies from the Axis of Evil." She received this as a gift and it has been played MANY times already.
In 2002, President Bush coined the term "Axis of Evil," identifying specific countries as the enemy in the fight on terrorism. Acts such as these do much harm to divide the peoples of the world, to set us all apart as fundamentally different. The producer of this album identified one thing that makes us fundamentally the same the world over. The lullaby. So simple, and used around the globe to soothe and comfort.
This album is a collection of traditional lullabies from artists in these "Axis" countries with translations from a variety of Western artists. The songs are beautiful performed and exquisitely arranged. There are some that are great for a bit of calming dancing, and others that are perfect to listen to as you fall asleep.
This is by no means only an album for babies. Elena and I would recommend it for anyone. Some of our favorite tracks are Lalolalo-Don't Worry My Child (Kulsoom Syed Ghulam & Lila Downs), Stars Are Rising (Sun Ju Lee & Eddi Reader), and Garibe-Watch Over Me (Halla Bassam & Ricki Lee Jones).
(E and J-If you want to borrow, just let me know.)
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Based on the title of the album alone, I would love to borrow it! What a great idea and new calming songs are always good to add to the mix.
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