Cathy Fink, vocals, guitar, five-string banjo ; Marcy Marxer, vocals, guitars, ukulele, bass, spoons, hammered dulcimer, mandolin ; with assisting musicians ; featuring: Riders in the Sky, Justin Roberts, Andy Offutt Irwin. Recorded at Jim Robeson Productions, Gaithersburg, MD; Airshow, Takoma Park, MD; and Community Music, Silver Spring, MD. Title from disc label. Enhanced compact disc. Adaptations of songs originally released in 1947. "Insert this CD into a computer to view 10 Awesome PDF activity guides."--Disc. Lyrics (16 pages : color illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
Zoom a little zoom (Rocket ship, reprise) (:57). Constellation jig (3:02) -- What makes the lightning? (2:16) -- Why does the sun shine? (with Andy Offutt Irwin) (3:09) -- Snowflake, snowflake (with Justin Roberts) (2:17) -- Vibration (3:58) -- We know the air is there (Hi, ho, fiddle dee dee) (2:54) -- Bobo the bear (The hibernation song) (2:47) -- What is an insect? (A cricket in a thicket) (with Andy Offutt Irwin) (3:22) -- What is gravity? (2:26) -- Zoom a little zoom (Rocket ship, reprise) (:57).
Summary:
Grammy-winning duo Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer remake a space age classic with an update to the 1961 classic Ballads for the age of science, featuring music by Lou Singer and lyrics by Hy Zaret.
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