The Tune Room

About the Artist
Award-winning entertainer Judy Pancoast is an acclaimed children’s musical artist. Hailed by parents as, "filling the void between Barney and Britney," Pancoast composes age-appropriate songs for pre-teen children, which she performs at concerts, festivals, schools and other venues throughout the United States.

Pancoast, who has performed twice for the President of the United States, has a vocal style that has been compared to that of the late Karen Carpenter; and it was, in fact, Carpenter whose records Judy listened to the most during her formative years. Pancoast has been a solo performing artist, the leader of two popular bands, and a successful radio announcer for many years. Her natural ease with children and belief that they receive an invaluable education through music led her to pursue and attain a teaching degree. It was then that the confluence of her musical ability, her ability to inspire children and her sense of humor resulted in her acclaimed series of original recordings and renowned children’s concerts.

Since beginning her USA concert and school tours in 1996, Pancoast has produced four popular collections of her songs. Her innovative song writing won her the coveted Children’s Music Web "Best Song for Young Children" award three times…in 1999 for her song Swimming in Jello , again in 2000 for The Potty Dance and then again in 2004 for One Big Eyeball. Her 1998 recording, Candy, won a Parent’s Choice Award and her 2002 CD, KidPop!, has been endorsed by the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media. She next released Koo Koo! in September 2003, and received a best song of 2003 nod for I Love the Rain from KIOS – FM (Oregon public radio). As a special project, Pancoast produced The House on Christmas Street, a CD of original Christmas tales and songs that has been hailed by reviewers as "capturing a spirit of joy and innocence without the calculated syrup of Hollywood or Madison Avenue."

In 2003 and again in 2004, Pancoast performed at the New York A-list fundraiser for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation. Stars Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Whoopi Goldberg, Diane Sawyer, Ellen Barkin, James Gandolfini and others joined hundreds of children who were entertained by her popular and interactive musical concert at the Kids for Kids Carnival. Judy followed up with performances at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival Family Street Fair. This May, Pancoast traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, for a week-long workshop, where she and the children of the Nyumbani Orphanage wrote, performed and made a studio recording of two original songs. Both songs got their U.S. premiere in September at the annual Washington DC Nyumbani Benefit, which was hosted by "Hardball’s" Chris Matthews and his wife, Kathleen Matthews.

Product Description
The latest CD from acclaimed children's singer/songwriter Judy Pancoast features 14 clever and imaginative tunes including the 2004 Children's Music Web Best Song For Young Children, "One Big Eyeball." Judy's music is unique among children's artist: always child centered and age appropriate, the lyrics, melodies and arrangements are none-the-less sophisticated and feature top-notch production. Order this CD for your family and see why children all over the world really LOVE Judy Pancoast!

The Tune Room,Judy Pancoast,MAMA NOOK Music,Miscellaneous,Pop,“The tune room is the place in my mind where all my melodies live. I go there when inspiration strikes and the tunes just pop right out. It’s a lot of fun to go there and find music. Come on in, come on into my…" Judy Pancoast

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Average customer rating: I DON'T LIKE IT (It needs a negative review) o.0 should appeal to ---- 2007? Try 2307 Sophisticated Artistry in Electronica Pur

The Foley Room Amon Tobin Manufacturer: Ninja Tune ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pocket Symphony Supermodified I'll Sleep When You're Dead Permutation Out From Out Where ASIN: B000N0QXHQ Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

1. Bloodstone
2. Esther's
3. Keep Your Distance
4. The Killer's Vanilla
5. Kitchen Sink
6. Horsefish
7. Foley Room
8. Big Furry Head
9. Ever Falling
10. Always
11. Straight Psyche
12. At the End of the Day

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With Foley Room, Montreal's Amon Tobin throws his torch in with the blazing tradition of full-length works composed in the majority with found sounds. Having formerly made his name as a craftsman of vinyl samples into towering rhythmic dynamos like his fin-de-siècle LP, Supermodified, Tobin tries sampling the world for himself. With microphone in hand and his tape console slung over his shoulder, he captures the timbre of factories, a massive satellite dish, and local avant-garde improvisers with equal zest. One loping highlight comes early in "Big Furry Head," when during a token trip-hop lead-in--all reverb, squiggle, and over-compressed drumbeat--a tiger's hungry growls tears new life across the frequency spectrum, signaling the abyss-deep thump of Tobin's next new groove. Whether he's wandering through lush, meandering string workouts ("Bloodstone") or more aggressive avenues toward beauty ("Ever Falling"), Tobin's gait is ever informed by the beat. But where some contemporary found-sound sculptures like Matthew Herbert's Plat du Jour keep a more strident sampling ethos in the service of musical politics, Tobin's approach clearly reeks with a love of sound manipulation as its own reward: every process an adventure, each completed work a revelation. --Jason Kirk

Album Description

Electronic beatmaking legend Amon Tobin reinvents himself on Foley Room, an album meticulously created from field recordings and other found sounds. Still very much an Amon record, but with fresh new underlying sounds. Includes bonus DVD documenting the process.

Customer Reviews:

I DON'T LIKE IT (It needs a negative review).......2007-07-12

I don't like this album, it is extremely boring. I'm not holding it to comparison to anything prior by Amon Tobin. I don't like it because I found myself fast fowarding through parts in search for something more.

I wanted the grass to get greener and this was never the case. I also search for something in music that I might enjoy, or even a singular sound that I can sample and exploit.

This album failed to entertain me, or make me feel energized. Even with the hope of discovering some cool sounds it is a total let down.

o.0.......2007-07-08

I wonder if he played all those random instruments. The percussion sounds very natural, I would find it hard to believe they were all from a computer program, it would probably be easier to just record the drums and edit them afterwards. There's lots of stuff you miss listening to this the first few times around, lots of little details in the sound.
There's some symphony stuff going on as well, guitars too, chimes, synthesizers, vocals, pretty much everything... and none of it sounds familiar. Once all this settles in you have a very replayable CD.

When I first heard Amon Tobin I listened to Out From Out Where and then bought his others. They were all good, but this one stands out a little because the structures of the songs are pretty random, but they make sense somehow. I barely notice any repetition on Foley Room. If I listen to Permutation or Bricolage it is very noticable by comparison.

Electronic music is a genre with a lot of sub-genres and is expanding all the time. It's difficult because like computers themselves, electronic music is always getting updated and you have to keep up with the times. However some people are continually able to bring something fresh that has a new sound. This is one of those cds that actually gets better the 4th or 5th time around.

should appeal to ----.......2007-05-18

conceptual work combining manmade and natural found sounds with conventional music,if this project was just a experiment I hope that the artist was keeping notes,we need more !!

2007? Try 2307.......2007-05-09

Foley Room is an industrial breakbeat / drum-n-bass symphony. Amon Tobin not only improves but he vastly raises the bar every single time he releases an album. You know this is the man who made Out from Outwhere and Permutation right away but what you cannot prepare for is the epic nature in which he rings in 2007 with music that is 2307.

I have a deep love for the album format and 'Foley Room' further defines this affection. It allows for structure and limitations to encourage discipline and creativity. The music here is like the intensity of a beautifully emotional 500 lb. beast trapped within a metal cage where he barely fits and has only one small air hole. He is angry and dents the structure while trying to free himself. He becomes hopeless realizing this is impossible. He ponders his life, becomes bitter and angry again. Somehow, we feel like he got himself into this.

Take that for what you will, but the only album I can compare this to is 'Endtroducing...' and that is a stretch because this is much more intense and the songs are mostly shorter in length (my only gripe because these songs could be of brilliantly epic length to match the mood). But the darkness and emotion is evident and delves deeper into actual human psyche than I'd say nearly ALL of, at least, electronic music.

Amon Tobin has officially been ordained into the vanguard of music's elite.

Sophisticated Artistry in Electronica Pur.......2007-04-17

Having been a fan of the Art of Noise in the 80's, it is a very high bar that reaches my ears these days, and Amon Tobin has done it. His incidental style, combined with crafty rhythms and a high degree of acoustic precision create something between acid jazz and techno, a very listenable, wordless play on the human spirit.

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Tiszta forrás (Pure Springs): Hungarian Folk Tunes and Their Arrangements in Works by Bartók and Kodály Manufacturer: Hungaroton ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Kodály, Zoltán | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Bagatelles | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Impromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hungarian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kodaly: Hungarian Folk Music; Bartok: Hungarian Folksongs Sz64 Csardas Hungarian Gypsy Music ASIN: B00007138S Release Date: 2002-10-29

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To Drive the Dark Away Manufacturer: Revels Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000009MF6 Release Date: 1997-08-26

Tracks:

1. Epic Song - Dmitri Pkrovsky Ensemble
2. The Peacock - Tamara Smyslova/Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble
3. Down By The Volga River - Dmitri Pkrovsky Ensemble
4. Sun Room - Dmitri Pkrovsky Ensemble
5. Kind Evening - Dmitri Pkrovsky Ensemble/Houston Audience
6. The Young Convert - Dmitri Pkrovsky Ensemble/Houston Chorus
7. Go Tell It On The Mountain - Janice Allen/Stan Strickland/Cambridge Chorus & Audience
8. Evening Star - Dmitri Pkrovsky & Ensemble/David Langstaff/Houston Chorus
9. Porushka - Dmitri Pkrovsky Ensemble
10. Alleluia - Dmitri Pkrovsky Ensemble/Cambridge Chorus
11. The Great Rostov Bells - The Great Rostov Bells
12. King David's Psalm 116 - Dimitri Pokrovsky/Men Of ENsemble/Houston Chorus
13. Birch Tree On The Shore - Women Of Ensemble/Houston Chorus
14. Sunset - Women Of Ensemble/Houston Chorus
15. Mary Had A Baby - Belinda Simmons/Tamara Smyslova/Women Of Ensemble/Houston Chorus
16. Ho, Ho, Ho, Goat! - Houston Children
17. Proso - Cambridge Children/Sophie Grabanov
18. We Traveled Through Holy Russia - Dmitri Pokrovsky/Men Of EEnsemble/Houston Chorus
19. Golden Yarn - Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble/Houston Chorus
20. The Great Mountain Horns - Mike Barker/Lisa Giocoma/Jeffrey Solomon
21. Nu Ar Det Jul Igen - Houston Chorus & Band
22. Vandring I Varlden - Matt Fichtenbaum/Kim McKittrick
23. Riski Ritaan Polkka - Karelian Folk Music Ensemble/Houston Band
24. Now Falls The Snow - Houston Chorus/Audience
25. Brurmarsj Fra Gudbrandsdal - Christian Borlaug/Matt Fichtenbaum
26. Pappani Talo - Karelian Folks Music Ensemble/Houston Chorus & Band
27. Talonpojan Tanssi - Karelian Folks Music Ensemble/Houston Chorus & Band
28. Lift Up Your Hearts - Houston Chorus/Paragon Brass Ensemble/Houston Audience
29. Sukkeret Er Sottsann - Houston Chorus & Band
30. Vid Stormyren - Matt Fichtenbaum
31. Kukku - Karelian Folk Msic Ensemble/Houston Band
32. Olafur Liljuros - David Nussmann/Men Of Houston Chorus
33. Byssan Lull - Women Of The Houston Chorus
34. Den Bergtagna - Cathy Frederick/Women Of Houston Chorus
35. Julafton - Houston Chorus & Band
36. Karelian Tune - Karelian Folk Music Ensemble
37. Kahden Nuoren Rakkaus - Karelian Folk Music Ensemble/Houston Band
38. Telespringar - Christian Borlaug
39. Mariy-El Tune - Karelian Folk Music Ensemble/Houston Band

Average customer rating: The highest quality performance

Purcell: Dioclesian (complete); Timon Of Athens /Pierand * Bowman * Ainsley * George * Collegium Musicum 90 * Hickox Henry Purcell , Richard Hickox , James Bowman , John Mark Ainsley , Michael George , Catherine Pierard , and Collegium Musicum 90 Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000A5U Release Date: 1995-11-14

Tracks:

1. Dioclesian: First Musick
2. Dioclesian: Second Musick
3. Dioclesian: Overture
4. Dioclesian: Act I - First Act Tune (Hornpipe)
5. Dioclesian: Act II - Song (Bass): Great Diocles the Boar has kill'd -Chorus: Sing Io's
6. Dioclesian: Act II - Song (Soprano): Charon the peaceful Shade invites
7. Dioclesian: Act II - Symphony for Trumpets and Violins
8. Dioclesian: Act II - Duet (Soprano, Bass), Chorus: Let all mankind the pleasure share
9. Dioclesian: Act II - Martial Song, Trio, Retornello, Trio, Retornello
10. Dioclesian: Act II - A Symphony of Flutes, Song (Alto), Quartet
11. Dioclesian: Act II - Dance of Furies
12. Dioclesian: Act II - Second Act Tune
13. Dioclesian: Act III - Two in one upon a Ground. Chaconne for Flutes
14. Dioclesian: Act III - The Chair Dance
15. Dioclesian: Act III - Prelude for Hautboys - Song (Tenor): What shall I do?
16. Dioclesian: Act III - Third Act Tune
17. Dioclesian: Act IV - Butterfly Dance
18. Dioclesian: Act IV - Tune for Trumpets
19. Dioclesian: Act IV - Song (Tenor): Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet sound
20. Dioclesian: Act IV - Chorus: Let all rehearse
21. Dioclesian: Act IV - Fourth Act Tune

Tracks:

1. Dioclesian: Act V - Country Dance
2. Act V - Masque - Cupid, Chorus: Call the nymphs
3. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Duet (Bacchanalian, Silvan): Come, come away
4. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Chorus: Behold, O mighty'st of Gods
5. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Paspe (The first entry of heroes on the stage)
6. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Duet (two Wood-Gods): Oh, the sweet delights of love!
7. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - A Fawn, Chorus: Let monarchs fight
8. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Two Bacchanals, Bacchus: Make room
9. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Dance of Bacchanals
10. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Follower of Cupid: Still I'm wishing
11. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Canaries
12. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Shepherd & Shepherdesses: Tell me why
13. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Dance
14. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - A Pleasure & Chorus: All our days
15. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Let us dance
16. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Dance
17. Dioclesian: Act V - Masque - Trio & Chorus: Triumph, triumph victorious Love
18. Dioclesian: Act V - Appendices - Song (Soprano): Since from my dear Astrea'ssight
19. Dioclesian: Act V - Appendices - Song (Tenor): When first I saw
20. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Duet: Hark how the songsters
21. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Cupid: Love in their little veins
22. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Trio: But ah! how much are our delights
23. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Bass solo: Hence with your trifling deity
24. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Trio: But over us no griefs prevail
25. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Cupid: Come, come all to me
26. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Chorus: Who can resist such mighty charms
27. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Bacchus: Return, revolting rebels
28. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Cupid: The cares of lovers
29. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Alto solo: Love quickly is pall'd
30. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Duet (Cupid & Bacchus): Come, let us agree
31. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Chorus: Come, let us agree
32. Timons Of Athens: Masque: Curtain Tune on a ground

Customer Reviews:

The highest quality performance.......1999-03-13

The music on this recording presents a typical example of a semi-opera, popular in Britain in Purcell's time. Semi-operas were based on a dramatic spoken play, and were accompanied by "incidental" music (dances and masques). It is this incidental music that usually finds its way onto a disc. This recording follows this convention. What distinguishes this recording is its high quality. Collegium Musicum 90 and Richard Hickox are experts in baroque music. The soloists include the biggest names in English vocals. Even the two additional tenors, brought in to merely double the voices in two places, are not just anybody, but Mark Padmore and Ian Bostridge (!). That tells you something. The biggest highlights include the Wood-god duet in Act V of Dioclesian, and the soprano song "Since from my dear Astrea's sight" which is placed in an appendix because musicologists don't seem to know where exactly it originally belonged. This song, which seems to speak of a man's, rather than woman's, anguish over the lost love, concludes with the most wrenching words: "alas, with weeping eyes, And bleeding heart I lie Thinking on her whose absence 'tis That makes me wish to die." Isn't that beautiful?

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W.C. Fields Manufacturer: Original Cast Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000004CPR Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

1. W.C.: Fifty Years - Al Carmines/Paul Rounsaville
2. W.C.: I'll Still Be There - Alice Playten
3. W.C.: You Could - Al Carmines/Alice Playten
4. W.C.: Give Me An Old Tune - Al Carmines
5. W.C.: NEver Give A Sucker An Even Break - Debbie Damp
6. W.C.: Why Do Women Always Choose The Wrong Man? - Bill Daugherty
7. W.C.: You Come First - Debbie Damp
8. W.C.: Bring On The Booze - Al Carmines/Quartet
9. W.C.: I'll Follow My Star - Alice Playten
10. W.C.: Serenade - Bill Daugherty
11. W.C.: Love Can Get You Down - Alice Playten
12. W.C.: Dummy Juggler - Al Carmines
13. Promenade: Promenade - Theme - Maria Irene Fornes/Al Carmines
14. Promenade: I Saw A Man - Alice Playten
15. Promenade: Capricious And Fickle - Alice Playten
16. A Carmen's Bouquet: Wedding Blues - Al Carmines
17. A Carmen's Bouquet: My Old Man - Al Carmines
18. A Carmen's Bouquet: No Room At The Inn - Al Carmines/Quartet

Average customer rating: Get closer to Percy Grainger & Morton Feldman

Walking Tune: The Music of Charles Amirkhanian Manufacturer: Starkland ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002GVG Release Date: 1998-02-03

Tracks:

1. Chu Lu Lu
2. Bajanoom
3. Vers Les Anges
4. Gold And Spirit
5. Walking Tune (A Room-Music For Percy Grainger)

Album Description

Laurie Anderson describes the music on Walking Tune as "descriptive, specific, lush, and oddly exotic." The composer is Charles Amirkhanian, a leading practitioner of electroacoustic music and text-sound composition, and an "expert at the sort of thing his imitators do not do half so well as he" (The New York Times). "The art of audio collage has been reinvented here," writes Anderson. "I'm reminded of Brian Eno's music for imaginary films, although Charles takes this idea much farther."

The CD presents the premiere recording of one of Amirkhanian's most well-known and warmly received works, Walking Tune - A Room-Music for Percy Grainger. Anderson comments:

"Mixing the real and the imaginary is a skill that very few composers have. Charles jumps back and forth between these worlds with delightful ease, his curiosity and humor always evident. But in Walking Tune - and many of the other pieces he's done over his long career - this skill is mixed with a sensibility that is elegiac."

Other premiere recordings include the invigorating Chu Lu Lu, a dense one-minute "commercial" commissioned by the American Center in Paris, and the playful Gold and Spirit, commissioned by the 1984 Olympics Arts Festival in Los Angeles. The latter piece realizes a cherished Amirkhanian ambition: to create cheers based on artists' names. Hence we hear such group cheers as "Go Van Gogh," "Ray Man Ray," and "Marcel - Duh Champ."

The CD also contains the slyly witty Vers Les Anges, a tribute to Nicolas Slonimsky, and the hauntingly somber Bajanoom, titled from the Armenian word for "separation."

Walking Tune is "One of the Year's 20 Best CDs," according to the Electronic Music Foundation.

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Get closer to Percy Grainger & Morton Feldman.......2000-01-10

Charles Amirkhanian's "Walking Tune" is an extended spoken-word portrait of late American composer Morton Feldman incorporating his recorded speeches and conversations. It's also an homage to Australian-American composer Percy Grainger where haunting violin melodies and fragments of Bach are combines with out-of-doors sounds like geese honks and swarms of hummingbirds to convey Grainger's own praise of nature, using "memory triggers" to create the presence of a person. Stimulating.

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Judy's Tune Room Manufacturer: MAMANOOK Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002JFPJ0 Release Date: 2004-07-01

Tracks:

1. It's All About Koo Koo
2. Look At Me
3. Buena Vista (Beautiful View)
4. A Little Bit of Elvis
5. Kiss Me, I'm Irish Today
6. Better Things to Do
7. I Love the Rain
8. SHARKS
9. Sandcastles
10. Stinky Feet
11. One Big Eyeball
12. Hangin' Around

Album Description

Come into Judy's Tune Room and you'll never want to leave! Award winning family artist Judy Pancoast presents another exceptional collection of her original songs for kids. From the toe-tapping sounds of "It's All About Koo Koo" to the peaceful strains of "I Love the Rain" and the new wave vibe of "One Big Eyeball," this is the CD that kids will want to hear over and over again and parents will love, too! Find out why Judy Pancoast has been called "The Jimmy Buffet of children's music"....come on in to Judy's Tune Room!

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The Tune Room Judy Pancoast Manufacturer: MAMA NOOK Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009KBTT2 Release Date: 2005-04-14

Tracks:

1. Judy's Tune Room
2. It's All About Koo-Koo
3. Look at Me
4. Buena Vista
5. A Little Bit of Elvis
6. Kiss Me, I'm Irish Today
7. Better Things to Do
8. I Love the Rain
9. SHARKS
10. Sand Castles
11. Stinky Feet
12. One Big Eyeball
13. Hangin' Around
14. Judy's Tune Room (reprise)

Product Description

The latest CD from acclaimed children's singer/songwriter Judy Pancoast features 14 clever and imaginative tunes including the 2004 Children's Music Web Best Song For Young Children, "One Big Eyeball." Judy's music is unique among children's artist: always child centered and age appropriate, the lyrics, melodies and arrangements are none-the-less sophisticated and feature top-notch production. Order this CD for your family and see why children all over the world really LOVE Judy Pancoast!

Average customer rating: Well-Crafted Neoclassic American Piano Music

William Ferris: Solo Piano Music Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00017LVV4 Release Date: 2004-01-27

Customer Reviews:

Well-Crafted Neoclassic American Piano Music.......2004-02-22

William Ferris (1937-2000) was primarily known as a choral conductor and composer; his William Ferris Chorale, based in Chicago, was well-known and respected. He died suddenly in 2000 while conducting the Verdi 'Requiem.' Not specifically known for his piano works, we here have an entire CD devoted to them by pianist Justin Kolb who specializes in recent American works for piano; Kolb has previously recorded a splendid CD of music by Robert Starer.

The big piece here is the 21-minute Sonata (1975-1976) in three movements. It is reminiscent of Prokofiev in its earnest fervor leavened by wit. There are lyrical moments, for certain, but the main impression here is of granitic blocks of harmony amidst free polyphony. The finale contains a driving fugue that reminds one of the similar movement in Barber's Piano Sonata.

'A Suffolk Memory' is an eight-piece 22-minute suite that recaptures impressions gained during the appearance by the William Ferris Chorale at the Aldeburgh Festival at the invitation of Sir Peter Pears in 1986. Particularly effective are the misty 'The Sea, at Dusk,' the bustling 'High Street, Noon,' the serene 'Sunday Morning, from the Terrace' (which puts one in mind of the Sunday morning scene in 'Peter Grimes'), 'The Red House' (which borrows a motif from Grimes's 'In dreams I've built myself some kindlier home') and the celebratory 'The Maltings, Snape: Festival House Fanfares.' This suite is written in a rather more impressionistic vein than the Sonata.

'Epitaph, for an Artist' (1999) was written in memory of long-time DePaul University piano professor, Herman Shapiro, and was commissioned by this CD's pianist, Justin Kolb. Again, there are perhaps more impressionist and bitonal harmonies than in the Sonata, and there is also a heartfelt theme that recurs and which we are told borrows from Ferris's own 'Corridors of Light,' a setting of Stephen Spender's 'I think continually of those who were truly great' whose lines continue: 'Through corridors of light where the hours are suns / Endless and singing.' A touchingly lyrical tribute.

Following are two small pieces, 'Serenade, for a Morning Room' (1984) and 'Tune for Ten' (1987) which were occasional pieces written for friends; the latter was for John von Rhein, music critic of the Chicago Tribune, on the tenth anniversary of his tenure at the newspaper; the piece is 10 measures long and in 10/4 time.

Finally, there is the 9-minute 'Sonatina' (1962), the earliest piece here, written for Ferris's graduation from the American Conservatory of Music. It reminds one of that earlier graduation piece, Prokofiev's 'Classical Symphony.' Although poured into classical forms it is light-hearted in the French spirit of, say, Poulenc or Ravel, and is utterly charming. Of note is the long-lined melody of the slow second movement which recalls the middle movement of Ravel's G major concerto with its limpid polyphony. The finale is a swinging 6/8 whistling tune over a gently rocking bass line.

The performances and here are thoughtful, respectful, beautiful. This CD is a fitting tribute to pianist Kolb's friend, William Ferris. Of particular note are the excellent notes by Ferris's long-time partner and collaborator, John Vorrasi. The recorded sound is truthful and unobtrusive.

TT= 63:43

Scott Morrison

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The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart, Vol. 3 Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rodgers & Hart, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00006644M Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

1. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
2. Give It Back To The Indians
3. All Dressed Up (Spic And Spanish)
4. Love Never Went To College
5. She Could Shade The Maracas
6. I Like To Recognize The Tune
7. Falling In Love With Love
8. Who Are You?
9. It Never Entered My Mind
10. Nothing But You
11. Ev'ry Sunday Afternoon
12. From Another World
13. Pet Shop Scene
14. This Can't Be Love
15. Lolita
16. Simpatica
17. Amarilla
18. Everything I've Got Belongs To You
19. Blue Moon
20. Where Or When
21. Blue Room
22. With A Song In My Heart

Christian Music:

1. The World as I See It by Albert Einstein
2. Ticket to Ride
3. Ticket to Ride
4. Time Flies: The Best of Huey Lewis & the News
5. What Have You Done To My Heart
6. Wicked Tinkers
7. Yesterday
8. Yesterday Once More
9. 10cc Alive [Live]
10. 50s Diner Classics

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