San Francisco’s award-winning tribe of family musicians, Charity and the JAMband, take loving kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity, patience, understanding, generosity, community, intention, non-harming, gratitude, respect, mindfulness, waking up, truth, and peace for ALL, and wrap them in a powerful musical package with the release of their fourth studio CD, Family Values due to release October 9th
My family takes a lot of car rides since we love to travel all over the state for day trips. This means endless hours in the car which inevitablly leads to boredom. Boredom for the kids and for us parents! We have always found playing music in the car was a great way to pass the time. With two young kids it is extremely important to me that the music we play is appropriate for kids. So when I was given the chance to review the new Family Values CD from Charity and JAMband I agreed since we were in a serious music slump so to speak.
When I first put it in my CD player I was extremely happy to hear that the music itself is very exciting and almost rock like. I could definitely feel the beat of the band. Then the lyrics. Very upbeat and catchy. This is not just another kids’ CD. Put the music and beat together and I completely understand why people love Charity and JAMband. My 3 year old was swaying her legs and clapping her hands to the beat.
Overall the Family Values CD is great to listen to as a family. I look forward to listening to some of their other albums and hopefully tossing some other not so fun to listen to childrens’ CDs that I own right out the window….err…I mean into the recycling bin (can CDs even be recycled?).
Peace Pledge
Family Values
Lovingkindness
Lemonade
Bike
Love Is Here
Ice Cream
Green Beans Everywhere
Grateful
We Are the Ones
You Are My Sunshine
Charity and the JAMband’s previous recordings include Party Like a Twinkle Star (2010, NAPPA Gold Award, Parents’ Choice? Silver Honor Award), Rock Your Socks Off (2006, Parents’ Choice? Gold Award, Children’s Music Web Gold Award, Fids & Kamily Award), and Peanut Butter and JAM (2004, Parents’ Choice? Approved Award).
Connect You can connect with Charity and the JAMband on the JAMband website and their Facebook page
Buy It You can pre-order the CD on their website for $15 and it releases October 9, 2012
