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Description of Folk/Sing-Along

 
Passed down to from generation to generation, children's folk songs include "This Old Man," "Peas Porridge Hot," "Old MacDonald," and "B-I-N-G-O." An important part of learning language and even motor skills (you need synchronized hand/mouth coordination to make it through "I'm A Little Tea Pot" or "Itsy Bitsy Spider"), sing-alongs are highly repetitive by nature and usually require an enthusiastic child to be enjoyed. However, many sing-along folk numbers, from the tender "Inch Worm" to Woody Guthrie's once-controversial "This Land Is My Land," have something to offer people in any age bracket.
 

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Folk/Sing-Along Key Artists

 
Buck Howdy

A real-life cowboy, Buck
Howdy was raised on a
ranch in Oregon. When not
singing, Howdy runs a farm
in Virginia.

Burl Ives

The big daddy of American
folk was a beloved
multimedia star of records,
radio, movies and cartoons.
Best known for the childr...

Cathy Fink

Cathy Fink first began
playing her acoustic-based
music at the Yellow Door
Coffeehouse in Montreal.
Cathy Fink is a key figure...

Dan Zanes

Former singer for the Del
Fuegos has been releasing
solo discs for both kids and
adults since 1995.

Elizabeth Mitchell

Elizabeth Mitchell's singular
career includes a long run
with popular indie band Ida
and a number of children's
records.

Ella Jenkins

Ella Jenkins has been called
the "first lady of children's
folk song" for her tireless
performing and recording.
Jenkins' music never talk...

Kids Classics

Kids Classics provides just
what it sounds like:
workable versions of all the
kid's songs you remember,
and a few you don't. The...

Pete Seeger

Known for his songwriting,
politics and five-string banjo
playing, Seeger has been a
key figure in folk music
since the '30s. Pete Seege...

Raffi

This tireless promoter of
children's rights also
happens to have crafted
some of the most timeless
children's music. An Arm...

Songs Kids Love To Sing

A sweet-voiced kids'
chorus sings a passel of
religious and secular
children's songs. These
albums are release by the...

The Countdown Kids

This ad hoc group of
youthful singers tests its
pipes on tried-and-true
children's classics. These
singers know how to enu...

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