Thursday, June 5, 2008

Moo Juice Review By Bill Childs of Spare the Rock



Well, Moo Juice got some attention by Bill Childs of Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child.
(He's a law professor who writes about kid's music for Parenting Magazine, Little Rock Family and other outlets.)

Here's a link to the Little Rock Family article which includes notes about Laurie Berkner and Cathy Heller's new CD ventures, but here's the Funky Mama paragraph below:

Funky Mama - Moo Juice: Krista "Funky Mama" Eyler has been playing kids' music, largely in the Kansas City area, since 2005, after leaving her career in television reporting. Her prior releases had left me underwhelmed - her voice was undoubtedly great (more on that below) but the CDs ended up seeming a little distant. On Moo Juice, though, the rest of the CD has caught up with Eyler's rich, soulful, bluesy voice. Most of the CD stays in territory that matches her vocal style - bluesy rock and the like - and the shifts from that zone (to zydeco with "Potty Train" and a capella on "Down Down Baby") work well. Lyrically, she's in familiar territory in the kids' music world - potty training ("Potty Train" again), the greatness of grandparents and parents ("The Grandparent Song" and "My Dad Rocks," respectively, with "Multi-Taskin' Mama" finishing out the trifecta from the titular mother's perspective). The CD is perhaps a few tracks longer than it has to be, but that's nitpicking: this is good fun music that doesn't sound like much else out there. www.funkymamamusic.com

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