Nothing Is Impossible

Nothing is Impossible. Performed by The Story Pirates. CD. Produced by Brendan O’Grady. 2018. Download: $8.99.

K-Gr 5—

            All of the mini-musicals on this award-winning album are based on story ideas which young fans have submitted. Some of the pieces include dialogue along with the songs. The Story Pirates is made up of several professional vocalists and musicians, all of whom perform with excellence. The instrumentalists perform on guitar, bass, piano, violin, keyboards, synths, and drums. Musical styles range from funk, to electro-pop to hip hop. “Fart Out Loud Day” is the sort of gross song kids love, with fart sound effects. A band of singing monsters perform at a Halloween party in “Frank the Monster Who Wasn’t Scary.” An annoying neighbor asks “The Guy” for potato chips day after day. A child believes “Riding a Seagull Was Good,” like riding a horse. A young “Star” seeks to be part of a constellation. Glitter, a talented pony, believes “Nothing is Impossible,” and so becomes the best guitar player in the world. One can see the whole world “In the Car.” In “All 8 Unicorns,” these girly unicorns, using high school girl speak, talk mane and hoof colors, and admire each other’s mane extensions. Coming across a unicorn buddy all tangled up, they help untangle her, and then post the event on Instagram. “How Penguin Office Became a Thing” tells of an office fitted out to suit penguins, with krill in the ice machine, etc. “Pizza Revenge” details the plans to draw people away from eating hot dogs and back to eating pizza. “Fred the Carrot” who lives on Saturn, devises ways to get a human to Saturn so that he can be eaten. The narrator wonders “What the World Was Called Before Us,” and suggests such unlikely names as “Cow,” “Dolphin,” and “Spaghetti.” This creative and inventive project will keep young listeners mesmerized.