Youth Valley - Lullabies For Adults - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Teeth & Tongue is the musical project of Jess Cornelius, together with long-time collaborator Marc Regueiro-McKelvie (guitar) and Damian Sullivan (bass). InchTambourineInch was recorded by Simon Grounds (KES BAND, LAURA JEAN, BIRD BLOBS) in his Melbourne studio. Jess perfectly captures her songs as she hears them in her head, with Marc adding his signature guitar tones over an undertow of programmed and live drums. Most of the songs on the album started their life in Dan Kelly's home studio, when Jess was house-sitting whilst Dan was overseas. Over 2010 Jess shaped the songs before heading into Simon's Melbourne studio to record the album.

The singing of lullabies and children's songs knows no geographical boundaries. Featuring many young singers and their mothers, this compilation documents the sounds of playtime and bedtime from Africa, Portugal, the Middle East, Mongolia, Japan, Solomon Islands, and the Nunavut Territory of Canada. Game songs include Baka Pygmy children from Cameroon playing Inchthe water drumInch by splashing rhythmically in a river and Kanoukro girls from Côte d'Ivoire falling into each other's arms and then pushing away. Some songs are lullabies for calming children, while others are for amusing them. One even warns little girls against running away from their parents.

Various Artists - Beautiful Lullabies / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/01/2013