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Laura Veirs
- Record Label: Bella Union
- Release Date: Nov 8, 2011
- Summary: Laura Veirs' children's album produced by Grammy-nominated Tucker Martine was inspired by the birth of their son. It features such guest performers as Colin Meloy of the Decemberists, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and Bela Fleck.
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- Record Label: Bella Union
- Genre(s): Folk, American Trad Rock, Children's, Children's Folk, Sing-Alongs
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Positive: 10 out of 12
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Mixed: 2 out of 12
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UncutNov 11, 2011Banjos, acoustic guitar, pedal steel and piano arrangements honour the songs' origins and add lilting texture to an album that will charm those who hear it, irrespective of their age. [Dec 2011, p.104]
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Nov 7, 2011Veirs' offering has a lustre and sleepy delightfulness that owes much to her lilting charm of her voice and her ear for a sublime melody.
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Nov 7, 2011Set to light, sparkling arrangements of banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, concertina, twanging mouth-bow and comically honking horns, these songs are populated with a bucolic menagerie of foxes, dogs, birds and little horsies.
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Nov 7, 2011Tumble Bee is mostly sweet without being cloying, its songs antiquated without feeling outdated.
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Nov 7, 2011Viers' simple, honest delivery helps to keep the mood fun, yet stable and sweet, without the inevitable sugar rush.
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Nov 7, 2011Sure, it may be playful, uncomplicated and slightly honey-glazed but there is plenty here for music lovers of all ages to enjoy.
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Nov 8, 2011So whether or not it's really "for" children, this record still succeeds in all the ways it wants to, and Veirs charm comes across at every turn.
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