Music for Little People: 15th Anniversary Collection
Music for Little People has been living up to its moniker with a cornucopia of remarkable children's music releases since the mid-1980s. Its15th Anniversary Collectionis something of a greatest-hits package, with such notable "adult" performers asTaj Mahal(doing "Shake a Tailfeather"),Los Lobos,Michelle Shocked, thePersuasions,Maria Muldaur, and others. But it's the forever-youngRaffiwith "Baby Beluga" andLadysmith Black Mambazo's "Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" that will especially appeal to the little folks. Throw inBuckwheat Zydeco's rockin' Cajun version of an old New Orleans hit "Iko Iko" andBill Haley and the Comets' timeless blast from the '50s, "Rock Around the Clock," and you get a party record the whole family will enjoy in the car or at home. Did somebody say Music for Little People rocks? Yes, and a whole lot more, too!-Martin Keller