Let's Go, Pistachio

 

Let’s Go, Pistachio. Performed by Kelli Welli. CD. Approx. 38 min. 2021. Kelli Caldwell. Price: CD: $12.00 + $2.80 shipping; Digital: $9.00.  Preschool – Gr 2

Award-winning Kelli Caldwell, (aka Kelli Welli), has been voted one of the top five performers in Portland, Oregon. Here she performs 15 energetic and bouncy original songs in country, bluegrass, pop, and classic rock musical styles. The instrumentalists give jaunty and expressive performances on guitars, mandolin, ukulele, banjo, bass, accordion; drums, kalimba,  percussion, and siren whistle. Kelli’s vocals are wonderfully capable of handling both the silly and the more thoughtful songs. Children and adults lend their enthusiastic voices in the background. In “The Hat Song,” putting on an appropriate hat can make one feel like a pirate, astronaut, cowpoke, or the birthday child. Those who are “The Smilers” shine brighter than the sun and make every day better. When a young girl gets her new wheelchair, “She’s So Bright” because the future’s in her eyes and brightness is her state of mind. One child is “Growing Like a Stringbean,” weed, and tree, and blooming like a flower. Is this nut a “Peanut Pinenut” or some other kind of nut? When Pistachio goes to a party and opens all the presents and eats all the cake, his companion has to say, “Let’s Go, Pistachio.” Nobody jumps like “Jumpin’ Beans” who can hop like a frog, bounce like a bunny, and pounce like a cat. “Tinkle, Tinkle, Toot” may encourage toddlers who are learning to use a potty. “I’m Proud of You”—proud of what you have done and proud of who you are. Because a child lost her tooth, “Tonight I’ll Be Brushing One Less Tooth.” A child waits for his turn patiently in “The Waiting Song.” A child loves “Kickin’ It with My Chicken” as her chicken rocks and bocks (with chicken sound effects). A child “Can’t Find My Appendix,” his tonsils, or his front teeth, although he has looked everywhere for them. A caterpillar muses that “I’ll Be a Butterfly” and fly so high someday. A family is tired, hungry, and their bladders are bursting, but “We’re Almost There.” This entertaining album will have children singing and dancing along.

Website: http://kelliwelli.com/