Mary Kaye's Music Box
By: Paula Slade
Many musical artists release new CDs during the summer months to coincide with their local, regional or national tours, and in the next few installments, we’ll explore some of the newest choices in the children’s music industry to recently launch.
Mary Kaye’s Music Box is a very different type of children’s CD with unique and thoughtful lyrics that reflect a child’s world from their point of view.
Recommended for toddler through Grade three, the 28-plus minute album may entertain well beyond the suggested parameters.
Maine-based award winning singer/songwriter Mary Kaye’s warbly vocals have a bit of a bluesy-folksy feel, which is best described as a cross between an early Natalie Merchant and present day Sarah McLachlan.
Standouts on this 12 selection CD include: Bug, a somewhat haunting melody about a little insect captured in a jar; Family, a song which celebrates a family’s love and the ordinary actions that fill the day such as grocery shopping and doing the laundry together, and Hobbly Dobbly House – even when you live in a fixer-upper it’s still a place where magic exists and it’s where you call home.
In addition to singing and songwriting Mary Kaye has worked as a professional actress; elementary classroom teacher; and director of several drama camps for children.
Kaye frequently tours greater New England and is a children’s favorite at libraries, museums and festivals.
You can listen to tracks of Mary Kaye’s Music Box and purchase the entire CD or individual MP3 downloads at Amazon.com, or the complete CD only from CD Baby. (The CD includes song lyrics in liner notes.)
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