Toddler

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Sara Hickman's spring-loaded Toddler plays like a 2-year-old's trip to the zoo. What's around the bend is anybody's guess, but because each creature is as kooky or adorable or exotic as the one that came before it, you can hardly wait to get there. Think of it as a 31-track grab-bag: "I Got You Babe," its lyrics modified from "I got you to wear my ring" to "I got you to push me on the swing," butts up against "Storytime with Tish Hinojosa," a spoken-word saga of feline demise and rat liberation; the 1930s safety song "Remember Your Name & Address" swings out soberly on the heels of "Mr. Kawasaki (the Wok Song)," a gastronomic gross-out detailing a stir-fry gone wrong; and a hip-hop take on "This Little Light of Mine" thumps along in the hands of guest vocalist MC Overlord before this CD shoves off to Hawaii for "Pupu Hinuhinu." Interspersed are more spoken-word tracks (someone called Mr. Peppermint takes a turn, as do Sara and other friends), old standbys like "Freres Jacques" and "Duke of York," and, with "Waar Is Mijn Dulfje (Where is My Baby Bird)" and the Hebrew "Hiney Rakavet," there are some stabs at toddler world music. Where most CDs that string together snatches of this and that collapse into catchalls--nothing special--Toddler stands steady on its feet, buoyed by Hickman's wit, spunk, and way with a song. Her's is a voice as warm and inviting as a best-loved blanket, calling to mind Karen Carpenter in calmer moments, and what she chooses to wrap it around will leave moms, dads, and tots hoping she takes this boringly titled series, which started with Newborn, all the way past Tween and College Kid to Old Geezer. --Tammy La Gorce

Product Description

Sleeveless is Sara Hickman's very own groovy label

Review

"An outstanding collection of highly recommended musical selections for young listeners, which are superbly performed and flawlessly recorded." -- Children's Bookwatch 2001

"Sara Hickman has created music to encourage confidence, enthusiasm, and joy for your little ones. -- Today's Family Magazine, summer 2001

"Toddler is a delightful collection of traditional and original songs, stories, and poems." --Chicago Tribune 5/6/2001

About the Artist

She was raised in Houston, Tx , and launched her professional career at age 14 at a Houston Oilers party with just her guitar and voice. This led to performances at bank openings, psychiatric units and weddings. She graduated from the High School for Performing Arts in Houston, and received a B of A in painting from the University of North Texas.
Her independently-released debut, Equal Scary People, was picked up in1989 by Elektra. This was followed in 1990 by the album Shortstop, which yielded the #3 adult contemporary hit "I Couldn't Help Myself."
Sara has twice been a guest of NBC’s Tonight Show, hosted her own VH-1 special, and produced an independent video, Joy, which won first place in the USA Film Festival.
With the help of fans, she raised $50,000 and bought back her third album, Necessary Angels, from Elektra. It was released on Discovery. She has since released three discs on Shanachie: Misfits (a collection of musical odds and ends from throughout her life and career), Two Kinds of Laughter (produced by Adrian Belew) and now Spiritual Appliances, produced by Sara herself.
Through her recently self-released children's album Newborn, she has earned over $50,000 for the Hill Country Youth Ranch (which aids abused and neglected children). She is extremely involved in many humanitarian issues and on the Board of Directors for the Mothers’ Milk Bank/Austin and the advisory Board of Arts for People (Dallas). She is this year’s honorary chair for the Women in Health initiative, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden Party and the 2001 Austin Race For the Cure, which raises monies for breast cancer research.
Her entire Spiritual Appliances booklet is dedicated to fighting the homeless problem, and she has visited Romania to work on behalf of the orphans. This spring 2001, Sara releases TODDLER, the follow up to NEWBORN, and this summer she starts work on her seventh album.
Sara has been the recepient of numerous awards, including the National Association of Music Therapists, the Kerrville Folk Festival and the Dallas Observer Awards, but what she really wants you to know is that she loves chili cheese fries and does not like brussel sprouts. Her high score is a 197 in bowling, and her goal is to break 200.
Sara can be reached through her booking agent VAL DENN at the VAL DENN AGENCY in Wimberly, Texas at 512-842-2626., ISBN13:B00005MCW8 ISBN10:B00005MCW8 Material Type:audioCD