CD: The Blewdle
Mike’s second album of children’s songs is called The Blewdle. Released in the summer of 2012 it’s now available from this website. Eighteen original tracks road tested for fun and singability in the primary schools of Brighton.
You’ll be hooked, from the excitement of the opening song, Rocket To Mars, to the dreamy Sailor’s Lullaby; from the lyrical Don’t Forget to the pongy Cheesey Feet. Played by a fantastic band this is the perfect singalong album for the classroom or car. Grown-ups love it too!
There are a couple of sample songs for you to listen to highlighted in the track listing below.
‘Songs that children will want to sing often’
Mike Reinstein’s CD of 18 new songs for primary children is an attractive offering. It has excellent instrumentals and fine vocals, used in the service of numbers that pick up on children’s interests, experiences and imagination. The musical style draws on the best of old-fashioned folk-rock and rhythm and blues, from the zestful Rocket To Mars with its echo of Twist and Shout , to the jauntiness of lines like ‘Once I was smaller than a cornflake’ and the irresistibly catchy hens’ chorus in Cluck-Cluck Sha-Boogie. There is Latin-American comedy in Velcro Tango – all teachers will recognise themselves in the plaintive question ‘Who is making that noise?’
There are other moods too – a compassionate plea not to hate the wolf in fairy tales, a poignant recognition in a harvest song that ‘somewhere in the world the bowls are empty’ or a gentle reassurance in Sailor’s Lullaby that ‘I’m far from the harbour but I’m safe on the sea’. Humour is never far away. Spooky Sprechstimme intrudes into the Hallowe’en song Boo, and Cheesey Feet (‘They smell like mouldy Wensleydale’) has a racy touch of Kurt Weill. These are songs that children will want to sing often.
Music Teacher Magazine. January 2013
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Primary Teacher Update. November 2012
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If you’d like to buy this album as a download for £5.00 (plus vat) please click here |
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Buy The Blewdle CD for £10 plus £1.50p postage and packing in the UK.
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- Rocket To Mars
- I’m A Little Fish
- Monster Feet
- I Never Have To Tell Myself To Grow
- Please Don’t Hate The Wolf
- Cluck, Cluck Sha-Boogie
- Peace and Plenty
- Leo The Lion and Barry The Bull
- The Velcro Tango
- Dinosaur
- The Rolling, Rolling Sea
- Boo!
- Tell The Rain To Stop
- Octopus
- Cheesey Feet
- Don’t Forget
- The Blewdle
- The Sailor’s Lullaby
If you’d like sheet music for any of The Blewdle songs please email Mike at webenquiries@mikereinstein.co.uk