New review from Ink KC Magazine!
Thank you, Travis! Glad you liked it.
http://www.inkkc.com/press+play/blog/1652&pt=Ink-album-review:-Funky-MamaFunky Mama
Moo Juice
Funky Mama Music
Having children while still in your 20s is difficult. Aside from the daily routine of having to care for newborns or toddlers, you also strive to make sure they’re not nerdy and lame like you were growing up. You want to dress them in cool clothes, find them interesting TV shows and movies to watch and, if possible, find them music that won’t make you go insane.
At first glance, Moo Juice doesn’t look like something you’d have in your car stereo. But after the first couple of songs you realize maybe both you and your children could enjoy the album.
Funky Mama — aka local musician/mom Krista Eyler — once worked as an on-air television reporter for KMBC-TV News. Then she decided to follow her passion for playing the electric guitar, singing and songwriting. Thus, Funky Mama was born.
Moo Juice, her third album, is fierce. For a children’s album, this CD rocks. Both the guitar playing and Eyler’s vocals are cranked up, and you get the sense she’s comfortable belting out the blues. Her backup band comprises talented musicians who have room to shine and aren’t forced into the background.
A sense of fun and looseness permeates the album, with children introducing songs and a few a cappella numbers that allow Eyler’s incredible vocals to shine. The album also leaves in small talk among the bandmates at the beginnings and ends of songs, which adds another layer of playfulness.
The soulful way Eyler sings about “Sippy” makes you wonder if the title character isn’t a long-lost love instead of a sippy cup. “Potty Train” is sure to be a hit with children of all ages, as well as the popcorn-making ditty “Pop n’ Hop.”
My 4-year-old son’s favorite song was “Freeze Dance,” during which the music comes to a halt each time Eyler utters “freeze. ...”
There are plenty of songs for the parents, as well. Anyone with an infant will appreciate the church-choir-stomping “No Sleep Tonight,” in which Eyler ponders, “Baaaaaabaaaaaay, why can’t you tell me what you need?” as the child cry, cry, cries. “Multi-Taskin’ Mama” is a rousing blues number about housework piling up, kids needing to get to school, and Funky Mama having no time to do her hair.
Chances are, you’ll dig the music, kids will enjoy the silly lyrics, and your friends will scratch their heads when they hear you singing “go, potty, go” under your breath at the next get-together.— travis fox { special to ink }
