Children's Music?
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:10 amI have recently discovered that my newborn son has taken a liking to music... YAHOOOO!! 
Can anyone recommend any recordings or artists from Cuba/Carribean/African diaspora who play music and tell stories for young children? I have some old Harry Belafonte recordings back at home in Canada but that won't do me or him any good here in Japan! The time I can spend on the internet is very limited now so spending a lot of time searching is not an option right now.
Whenever he starts to cry and the usual methods of settling him down don't work I just whip out the old iPod and put on some tunes that aren't too heavy and he settles right down... it's amazing! A lot of the music I have is pretty intense for a baby. He will stop crying, but then he starts kicking his legs and thrashing his arms like he wants to get up and dance or something!
Can anyone recommend any recordings or artists from Cuba/Carribean/African diaspora who play music and tell stories for young children? I have some old Harry Belafonte recordings back at home in Canada but that won't do me or him any good here in Japan! The time I can spend on the internet is very limited now so spending a lot of time searching is not an option right now.
Whenever he starts to cry and the usual methods of settling him down don't work I just whip out the old iPod and put on some tunes that aren't too heavy and he settles right down... it's amazing! A lot of the music I have is pretty intense for a baby. He will stop crying, but then he starts kicking his legs and thrashing his arms like he wants to get up and dance or something!