Rockford’s Rock Opera
This is a special post for parents of young children. How do you avoid your child being exposed to rotten commercialized pop found on 95% of kids TV programming today? As far as I’m concerned if I hear a certain Purple Dinosaur singing I’d rather shoot myself. Well its pretty easy, you just need to seek out quality melodic kids music like Gustafer Yellowgold
Based in the UK, Rockford’s Rock Opera is a unique story-adventure that contains some wonderful rock music, and a positive message about the dangers of animal extinction. It’s spread out across 3 CDs and contains audio performances from a talented group of performers. The story is truly an epic journey of a boy and his dog (Rockford), the brainchild of Elaine and Matthew Sweetapple. The story is a bit of Pepperland, Mike Batt and The Magic Garden, the music is a mix of folk and rock that will charm any kid from 4-12 years old. The messaging is both warm and inspiring, if a bit heavy handed. You can get a free download of of disc 1 on the website and plenty of online goodies. Highly recommended to parents with good taste in melodic music.