Jambu Tree Kids
Rochelle Wright and Rob Shannon are from Australia and they collaborate to write children's music as Jambu Tree Kids.
Their debut CD for kids is called The Jambu Tree. It is a gorgeous acoustic 13 track album that contains some of the most pure and natural sounding children songs that we have heard! It almost sounds tribal in places with a large emphasis on rhythm and percussion. Rochelle and Rob have used traditional children songs and music from Zimbabwe, the West Indies, Peru and Brazil.
MP3 Samples of The Jambu Tree Kids' CD
Here are 30 sec MP3 samples of 5 of our favourite songs from The Jambu Tree Kids' CD. Click a song to play it. Use the controls at the bottom of the player to adjust volume, pause a song or toggle between tracks.
Track Listings for The Jambu Tree Kids' CD
Here is the Track Listings for The Jambu Tree CD for kids:
1. Big Animal Medley - about an elephant, hippo, giraffe, calf, cow and bull
2. Birdy Birdy - about Australian birds: magpie, kookaburra, crow, whip bird and seagull
3. I Love The Music - about clapping, shaking shakers, shaking tambourines, banging pots and pans and playing a tabla
4. Bom Chi Chi Bom - about bats. In the West Indies bats are known as 'chi, chi' birds
5. Jambu Tree - the Jambu is a native Southeast Asian tree commonly known in Ireland as a Rose Apple
6. Little Chick - inspired by a traditional song from Peru
7. The Trusty Rusty Bike - from the book by Trace Balla who also illustrated the CD's inlay card
8. Peanut Butter - about what becomes of a peanut and other items of food when squashed by a fast moving train!
9. Samba Olé - a traditional Brazilian song about dancing
10. Shake Em Up High - about shaking your hands and dance movements. The music for this song is from Zimbabwe.
11. Buzzy Bee - about how Yazmin (Rochelle's daughter) thinks of a bee and the honey it makes
12. Sooty Oyster Catcher - about a black feathered, red billed, wading bird native to Australia