Yellow Bus

Review answers the question, "What would Big Star sound like had they recorded children's music?" chiming guitars and beautiful background harmonies --Jim Derogatis, Chicago Sun-Times, February 25, 2001 the most charming aspect is, of course, Roberts' tunes, which don't insult the intelligence or incarcerate the imagination. --Jim Walsh, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN Product Description Roberts' second family release features songs about car rides, whales and cookies and continues to receive accolades from children, parents and critics alike. a 2001 Parents' Choice Gold Award winner and named one of the "Top 10 Children's Albums of the Year" by Amazon. About the Artist Roberts began his career with the seminal 90's Minneapolis Post Punk Folk group, Pimentos for Gus, who released three critically acclaimed and hard to find recordings on the now defunct World Control Records. Following the band breakup, Roberts moved to Chicago to persue a career in music and a Master's Degree at the University of Chicago's Divinity School. Strangely enough his first solo recording following his work with Pimentos was an album of original children's songs. The CD received rave reviews from such national sources as Billboard Magazine critic Moira McCormick who called Great Big Sun "a sheer delight" and Sesame Street Parent Magazine which garnered it with the honor of "Best Gift of '98" in their year end issue. And Jim Walsh from the Pioneer Press recently called the record "hands down the best made for children album of the past two years!" Becomes Blue marks both a return to the songwriting that Roberts developed in his earlier outfits (in fact Roberts re-records a few of his older P4G songs in a new setting (Still, Laissez Fair, Bethlehem)) and an increased depth where he expreses complex and entangled emotional states through the simple turn of a phrase or a single image (Tiny Thread, Old Cafe, Ruby Red Shoes). One of the songs, Tiny Thread, was recently featured in the showtime movie A Class of His Own and submitted by showtime to be considered for an Emmy for "Best Original Song." Please join us in welcoming back this einstein of sound, this napoleon of the stage, back to planet earth.
ASIN: B00069PEE2
VSKU: DBV.B00069PEE2.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Justin Roberts
Binding: Audio cd
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