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Big Round World
Trout Fishing in America
Big Round World
Genres: Folk, Pop, Children's Music
 
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2008 Grammy Award Nominee For Best Musical Album For Children!!! The most wide-ranging CD from TFIA's 30-year career includes a stirring homage to Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. From breezy island vibes and rock &...  more »

     
   
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All Artists: Trout Fishing in America
Title: Big Round World
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 2
Label: Trout Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 9/9/2008
Genres: Folk, Pop, Children's Music
Style: Contemporary Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 727106082029

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2008 Grammy Award Nominee For Best Musical Album For Children!!! The most wide-ranging CD from TFIA's 30-year career includes a stirring homage to Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. From breezy island vibes and rock & roll to cool jazz and bluegrass, TFIA celebrates our Big Round World with wit and wisdom. "They embody a kind of goofball gestalt at odds with the sugary-sweet format of so much other music for the younger crowd." -- New York Times

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Trout Fishing for kids
Peter Dain | Massachusetts, USA | 10/24/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Trout has penned lyrics that are easy for children to understand. Some songs are silly, others promote learning or good habits. At the same time they compose music that is appealing to children and adults alike, meaning that we "big people" aren't at risk of becoming bored with the music by the second time we hear the album through. Another fine effort from this musical duo."
Big Round World nominated for 2009 Grammy!
The Trout House | Prairie Grove, AR | 11/20/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Greetings from the 'Trout House'



Trout Fishing in America are thrilled that their latest family release, Big Round World, was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Musical Album for Children category. This caps off a great year for TFIA. In late November, Big Round World was selected to top NPR's "The Year in Music for Kids" List for 2008. The CD also received a 2008 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold winner and a Parents' Choice "Silver" Honor. In June, Performing Songwriter named Trout Fishing in America as one of their `100 Most Influential Independent Artists of the Past 15 Years'.



This is a particularly proud moment for Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet (aka Trout Fishing in America) as they produced this CD in their 'Trout House' studio. Idlet and Grimwood stretched out musically on this CD as well, playing even more instruments than on their past releases. Guitarist Idlet added percussion, mandolin and ukulele to his bag of tricks while Grimwood sat down at the keyboard to add that soulful B3 sound.





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Showcasing a range of musical styles and several songs deriv
Midwest Book Review | Oregon, WI USA | 10/12/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Showcasing a range of musical styles and several songs derived from song writing workshops with children conducted by the duo Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood who perform as Trout Fishing in America, "Big Round World" offers young listeners with fourteen lively, entertaining, original, and superbly recorded pieces that include My Favorite Jeans (2:51); When You Get Dressed (2:31); Martin Luther King & Rosa Parks (3:06); A Tiger and a Monkey and Me (4:09); Too Good to Be True (3:42); Always Chew Your Food (2:33); Curse of the Spinach (1:37); The Alarm Clock Rings (2:32); I Don't Care (2:43); there's a Rumor Going 'Round (2:22); Pearl (2:21); It Must Be Halloween (2:50); Five (3:56); and the title piece, Big Round World (3:48). Offering a wide variety of musical genres from Afro-pop, to jazz, to rock, to Bluegrass, "Big Round World" is enthusiastically recommended for family, preschool, daycare center, elementary school, and community library CD music collections for children.

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