
Will Thomas, a.k.a. the Spanish Wrangler, has released a CD that will have your kids dancing and singing without even realizing they're picking up bilingual vocabulary. And, even better, it doesn't suck. Spanglish Sing-Along has a lazy, downbeat groove that will appeal to kids and parents alike. It doesn't clobber you over the head with vocabulary lessons, but uses a catchy melody and witty narrative style to get the point across. Perhaps the most literal line-by-line vocabulary practice occurs in "Feliz Cumpleanos" and "Bear's Picnic" but Thomas is so mellow that it never seems like a drill. He has a gentle style similar to acoustic compatriots like Jack Johnson or G. Love that somehow put me in a Gulf Coast state of mind. Who doesn't like to be reminded of crawfish boils, Moon Pies and tamale carts? And, seriously, how awesome is it that the Spanish Wrangler wrote a song about cockroaches ("Cucaracha") and set it to Earth, Wind and Fire's "September"? Really awesome, indeed.
Buy The Spanish Wrangler's "Spanglish Sing-Along" at super cool indie music retailer CD Baby.
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