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 Join The band
by Ken Whiteley 
Parent's Choice Award Winner! Children's Music Web Award! Winner Canadian Folk Music Awards! Juno Nominee! 

Winner - Best Children's Album at the 2006  CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS!

Nominated  for a Juno Award - 2006 Children's Album of The Year!


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Ken Whiteley  has been at the forefront of children's music in North America for many years. He was the coproducer of the first seven Raffi albums for children which have now sold over 6,000,000 copies in North America. He has produced over 60 different recordings of children's music including Juno winners for Fred Penner and Al Simmons and the 2,000,000 selling Klutz press KidSongs series with Nancy Cassidy. He has personally been nominated for 6 Juno awards and received awards from the American Library Assoc.,Parents Choice Award and Children's Music Web Award. Ken is a master musician who performs for both adults and children on a regular basis and the new CD "Join the Band" features a different instrument with each song. He plays over a dozen instruments on it."
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  "Ken's a living musical legend and has a magical way with music for kids.  His music is a joy for all ages"    Raffi

"For years Ken has been a beacon for children's artists maintaining his own musical integrity and dedication"    Sharon Lois and Bram


Join The Band - Brief Track Descriptions
1. - Join the Band 3:23 - the soca flavoured, instrument packed overture 
2.- Five Folks Singing 1:34 - a cappella harmonies celebrating human voices 
3.- Mandolin
 3:07 - a folky musical journey that includes a Vivaldi mandolin concerto, 
 a Cape Breton dance tune and south side Chicago blues 
4.- Peek a Boo 3:37 - Django Reinhardt swing style fun, featuring guitar and fiddle 
5.- Push Ka Pee Shee Pie
 2:36 - authentic remake of a Louis Jordan 40’s classic 
6.- The Zoo Song
 2:16 - whimsical, ukulele based humourous song 
7.- Mostly Water
 2:46 - with the luxurious sound of Sharlene Wallace’s celtic harp 
8.- Throw My Ball
 3:05 - an early 50’s style, jump boogie blues for kids 
9.- Horsey
 2:04 - ever quickening tempos from a frailing, old time banjo 
10.- Smooth One
 2:25 - features lap steel guitar and smooth vocals 
11.- Little Bird
 2:28 - a gentle, rhythmic sing along featuring the piccolo 
12.- Sally Sue
 2:13 - rosin up the fiddle for this simple round dance song 
13.- Put One Foot
 1:00 - bass and regular harmonicas accompany this tiny gem 
14.- Les Haricots Sont Pas Sale’
 1:49 - a faithful rendition of this Zydeco rocker 
15.- Rattling Bog
 2:16 - Canadian folk classic featuring the jew’s harp 
16.- Peanut Butter
 2:00 - world beat horns, guitar and vocals 
17.- Millie Moonie’s Laundry
 2:43 - possibly the first Rockabilly trombone 
18.- Leaves
 4:23 - beautiful, floating flute adorns this award winning song
19.- This Little Light
 2:25 - washtub and washboard anchor this gospel favourite
Review – Dirty Linen

A vital cog in the wheel of Canadian music for more than four decades, multi-instrumentalist Ken Whiteley has appeared, alone or with his brother Chris, on more than 150 albums, and has produced albums by John Hammond, Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink, Sharon, Lois and Bram, Fred Penner and Raffi, among others. Accompanied by 31 musicians and singers, including students of the Alan Howard Waldorf School in Toronto and the Oakwood Collegiate Chamber Orchestra, Whiteley steps into the spotlight with ‘Join the Band’  his fourth solo children’s album. In addition to a baker’s dozen  worth of original tunes about peanut butter, zoos, music and the water cycle, the album includes adaptations of folk tunes including ‘Les haricots sont pas sale’ ‘Rattlin’ Bog’ ‘This Little Light’ and a swinging rendition of Louis Jordan’s ‘Push Ka Pee Shee Pie’

-Craig Harris [Chicopee, MA]

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