Remember before you had kids and you controlled the car radio? Now you drive around listening to Barney and other kid-friendly fare and just waiting to switch the music as soon as your kiddos fall asleep in the back seat.
Luckily there are some great children's musicians out there, performers who will keep you listening and singing along even after you've dropped the kids off. Super Stolie is one of those musicians!
Super Stolie jumped into the Chicago kids’ music scene in 2006 when a friend asked her to play family-friendly tunes at a fundraiser. In 2009, Super Stolie released her first children’s CD, When I Grow Up, featuring 13 songs to showcase her pop/rock sensibility for this new demographic. The disc proved an exciting kid-rock collection for kids, glittered with Stolie's lyrical wit, and found high praise from children and parents alike.
After several years gaining momentum on the kids circuit, with performances from Chicago Botanic Gardens to Cantigny Park in support of her first CD, Super Stolie has completed her second stash of memorizable tunes for the kindie crew. Press Play! reaches across musical genres while exploring language, singing without abandon, and bowing in awe to the fearlessness that exists for every child whose prospect of growing up is as bright as the dreams they dream.
Recorded in her home studio, Press Play! showcases Stolie on acoustic guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, banjo, harmonica, djembe, tambourine, tin whistle and drumsticks on a laundry basket.
Super Stolie kindly sent us a copy of Press Play! recently and we love it! My son sings and dances along in his car seat and I have found myself still listening to the CD long after dropping my son off at preschool. And even when we aren't listening to the CD I'll hear my son singing Super Stolie songs as he plays. (Hi, Hello, Hola, Hey, Aloha is a big fave! And I love that it introduces other languages to him!)
Super Stolie is a Chicago gal and can often be found performing around town. Now that my son is an official Super Stolie groupie I know we'll be in the audience of one of her shows SOON!
Learn more about Super Stolie on her website, Facebook and Twitter. You can buy Press Play! here.
Disclosure: I was sent Press Play to facilitate this review but as always all opinions are my own.
