Dreamy bedtime songs from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Brazil and more...
A collection of authentic lullabies from tropical paradises to sweeten you and your child's journey into sleep.
Accompanied in turns by soothing guitars, flutes, gentle steel drums and percussion, piano, hang pan, cuatro and ukelele, these lullabies are sung in the native tongues of Hawaii, Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad, Haiti, Cuba, Guadeloupe,Columbia, Marinique, Tahiti, and The Bahamas.
These lilting, lyrical melodies will leave you feeling as though you are being kissed by a tropical breeze as you drift away, with the distant smell of the salt sea wafting through the air...all that's missing is the sand and the pina coladas...
Featuring Juan-Carlos Formell, Marianna Martin, Sammy Figueroa, The Moonlighters, Robert Thomas Jr., Juliana Barrios, Othello Molineaux and many other world class artists.
24 page booklet includes original lyrics and English translations.
Song Titles:
1. Drume Negrita Cuba Juan-Carlos Formell: A timeless Cuban classic
2. Cancao de Ninar Brazil Mariana Martin: A bossa nova lullaby, written by Marianna Martin for her 3 kittens, it is also called "The Baby from Ipanema"
3. Es Ou Sonje Matinique Thierry Remion: Love song or lullaby? Either way, it expresses tenderness and caring...
4. Kalua Lullaby Hawaii The Moonlighters: A hybird of jazz, pop and Hawaiian guitar music, The Moonlighters play this popular Hawaiian song
5. El Coco Colombia/Veneuela Juliana Barrios: This song was written to explain to small children that "the boogie man" is actually a nice guy who just wants to be loved, and he will protect children while they sleep.
6. Seu Heroi Brazil Pedro Ferreira: In tropicalissimo style this Latin-Grammy-nominated musician plays a beautiful lullaby he wrote for his son.
7. Duermete Mi Cielito Puerto Rico Sammy Figueroa: One of the world's greatest percussionists plays 'hangpan', a variation on a classic steel pan, and sings of angels watching over a sleeping child.
8. Tiare No Tahiti Tahiti Kalei Napalapalai/Terii Tumahai: a popular Tahitian lullaby, played by two Polynesian musicians.
9. Dodo Titite Haiti Ginou Oriol: Haiti's jazz diva sings one of Haiti's most well known lullabies.
10.Sueno Tropical Cuba Juan-Carlos Formell: Written for this recording, this song is about flowers, crickets and sleeping in the tropics.
11.Pupu Hinuhinu Hawaii Rupert Tripp, Jr.: An authentic Hawaiian lullaby, sung by generations of parents and performed by one of Hawaii's foremost singer songwriters.
12.Othello's Dream Trinidad Othello Molineaux: Steel drum virtuoso Othello Molineaux plays a gentle dreamy song...
13.Valsa Para Uma Menininha Brazil Brazilian Voices: Composed by the writer of "The Girl from Ipanema", this performance is by an a cappella choir of fifteen women.
14.Le Pitit'en Mwen Guadeloupe Jessica Vautor: Sung in Guadeloupe Creole dialect, a typical lullaby sung to infants.
15.Oguere Cuba Clave y Guaguanco: Performed by one of Cuba's most innovative rumba groups, this is another of Cuba's most popular lullabies, and includes words in Yoruba, reflecting Afro-Cuban culture.
16.Hush The Bahamas Robert Thomas,Jr.: Composed and performed by extraordinary percussionist Robert Thomas,Jr., this song is intended to create a magical dream state.
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