Stardust Lullaby is siblings and musical masterminds Cher & Gene Klosner's fourth album, created to fill an instrumental void they felt in the children's music lullaby genre: a lack of real & authentic instrumentation. Too many albums used synthesized instruments, so out of the ashes of emotional music rose award-winning Stardust. The iParenting Media Awards program bestowed the great honor of "2008 Best Product- Audio" upon this album. Wait, did you read that? BEST PRODUCT- AUDIO. Out of all the possible choices-- they gave this to Stardust. That should tell you something!
My favorite aspects of this album are as follows:
1) Both Cher & Gene have AMAZING voices. Soothing, rich, and beautiful. Perfect for lullabies.
2) They've taken old favorites and rearranged them with style and class, for example, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," which is my son's favorite song to sing along with me, so I'm particularly pleased to have a new version for him to hear. Also, you can't go wrong with "Baby Mine," from the movie Dumbo. That song pierces straight through every mother's heart, and this version is no different.
3) New songs that will quickly become favorites. "Pillow Soft, Blanket Warm (Dream's Doorway)" is absolutely stunning, from the creative lyrics and storyline to Gene's gorgeous vocal. Also, "Seepy Sams" is just about the cutest song I've heard in a long, long time. I just have to share the story behind it, as found in the album booklet:
"I can't get enough of the sound of kids' laughter. I wrote this silly little song for my son, just to hear him giggle. Having no clarinet available, I would sing "nug-nul-la-nah-nah" in the tag, which always got the giggles going." - Cher
I could go on and on and on. Two full discs of original tracks and fantastic arrangements of classics from The Carpenters, John Denver, the musical genius of Johannes Brahms, and many more, this album exceeds all expectations I could ever even think to have for a lullaby CD. They even have an instrumental version of each song, as if the album weren't perfect enough! This is not a lie: every single song on this album by itself is worth the purchase of this CD.
Cher & Gene, I'm your new biggest fan, and I'm definitely not alone. I can't wait to hear the rest of your music!
Visit www.stardustlullaby.com for more information on this album, on them as artists, and more media clips. As always, a few of my favorites:
*NOTE: Once again I'm having issues with posting music. Luckily you can go to the above mentioned website and listen to clips, so I recommend listening to these especially:
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Disc 1
Pillow Soft, Blanket Warm (Dreams' Doorway) - Disc 1
Seepy Sams - Disc 2
For Baby (For Bobbie) - Disc 2
