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Elizabeth Mitchell

Title: Sunny day

Label: Smithsonian Folkways

Cat No:SFWCD45064
Format:CD

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• In 2006, Mitchell became the first new children’s music artist signed to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in the 21st century with her release ‘You Are My Little Bird.’ The CD won national awards in the United States and critical acclaim and continues to be one of Smithsonian Folkways’ best-selling albums. Mitchell sang a duet with Ziggy Marley on his 2009 Grammy Award–winning ‘Family Time’; worked with Lisa Loeb, and is co-founder of the indie folk-rock band Ida.

• “Sunny Day” is her latest album of family / children’s songs - with guest performers including: Levon Helm, Jon Langford (Mekons), Dan Zanes, and the Children of Agape Choir of South Africa - plus Mitchell’s husband Daniel Littleton on guitar and her daughter Storey Littleton playing harmonica and singing. The album, which includes a 28-page full-colour booklet, presents simple, “handmade music” which invites listeners to join in.

• Mitchell has been performing and recording family music since her days as a New York City preschool teacher in the early 1990s. She released two family recordings (‘You Are My Flower’ in 1998 and ‘You Are My Sunshine’ in 2002) on her independent label You Are My Flower. Through word of mouth, these albums became underground children’s music hits and were at the forefront of the current wave of independent children’s music. Smithsonian Folkways has carried on the rich tradition of children’s music cultivated by Folkways Records founder Moses Asch, with more than 200 catalogue titles made for or by children.

• To celebrate the release of ‘ Sunny Day,’ Mitchell and her family band will tour the United States of America this summer and fall, including a record release show at Levon Helm's Kid's Ramble in Woodstock, NY - an offshoot of Helm's renowned Midnight Rambles, which have included such guests as Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, and Phil Lesh.

Track Listing for Sunny day
1. Sunny Day
2. Shoo Lie Loo
3. Mr. Rabbit
4. Ooki Na Kuri No Ki No Shita De (Under The Big Chestnut Tree)
5. Keep On The Sunny Side
6. Lovely Day
7. Reggae In The Fields
8. Ong Tal Sam (Little Spring)
9. Tell It Again
10. Green, Green Rocky Road
11. School Days
12. Mystery Train
13. Oh, John The Rabbit
14. David’s Mandolin
15. This Little Light Of Mine
16. Fairy Tale Lullaby
17. Elephants All Over The World
18. Little Buckaroo
19. Tsuki (Moon)

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Elizabeth Mitchell

Sunny day

You are my Little Bird