May 7, 2009
Ziggy Marley's Family Time CD
"Mom, can you put that cool music on?" my 4 1/2 year old son Kyle asked as we got into the car. So I did.
The "cool music" that he was asking me to play is Ziggy Marley's Family Time CD. Ever since we received the CD a few weeks ago, it's been in constant rotation in our car.
I generally like to play children's music when we're in the car (which is an increasing amount of time as my school-age daughter gets busier and busier).
This is not children's music. This is good music that will appeal to children (and adults alike). This video below for Family Time is probably the most "kiddish" songs on the CD. There are others that I just love and can't stop singing, from the laid back "I Love You, Too" (I love you, too; I love you, too. I love you. . . . ) to the upbeat "Wings of an Eagle." I'm even adding them to my own ipod playlist.
To get an even bigger taste of this music, in addition to watching that video, amazon offers a free download of Walk Tall (featuring Paul Simon). Other all-stars who appear on this CD include Willie Nelson, Laurie Berkner and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Jamie Lee Curtis offers two spoken pieces: a short poem, and a reading of her book Is There Really a Human Race?. Kyle has been telling me to skip over these pieces, but there are other times when he's really enjoyed story CDs, so I think that this is a great addition to the songs.
I think that CDs (songs or audiobooks) are great gifts for preschoolers. It's often something that they don't have, and you might be introducing a fellow mom to some little car-time sanity.
We have FIVE copies of this fun (um, I mean cool) CD to give away (U.S. shipping addresses only). If you'd like to win Ziggy Marley's Family Time CD, please leave a comment.
This contest ends May 29 and the winners will be announced on May 30.
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This giveaway is open to US addresses and is void where prohibited.
Written by 5 Minutes for Mom Contributing Editor Jennifer Donovan
Filed under Gift Ideas, Giveaway, Kids Stuff, Music, Product Review by JenniferD
165 Comments on Ziggy Marley's Family Time CD
#1 - Angie (Losing It and Loving It) @ 8:26 am
I have had way too much fun listening to the sample songs and I would love to enter. Kev and I LOVE Jamaica, Reggae music and the amazing Marley family. They are so talented. We have vacationed in Jamaica for the past 3 years and the love there is amazing.
#4 on the soundtrack got my attention, love it.
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#3 - Angie (Losing It and Loving It) @ 8:28 am
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#4 - Victoria @ 8:29 am
Would love some family friendly music!
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#7 - Victoria @ 8:32 am
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#8 - Jen @ 8:32 am
Very cool! I'd love to win one…my daughter would love it!
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#11 - Heather J. @ 8:33 am
please enter me!
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#13 - Jen @ 8:34 am
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#14 - Tammy @ 8:48 am
I think my daycare kiddos would love this.
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#17 - Tammy @ 8:50 am
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#18 - Angie (Losing It and Loving It) @ 8:59 am
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#19 - Adina @ 10:04 am
I just showed this to my son Ethan and he loved the song. Thanks!
#20 - amber @ 10:08 am
my 3 month old LOVES music and would dig this!
#21 - Rachel@IdahoCheneys @ 10:20 am
This sounds awesome! I really like it when people make entertainment appropriate for children, but not to kiddish for adults!
#22 - Heather @ 10:40 am
That sounds like fun!
#23 - jen o. @ 11:20 am
We love listening to great music. This sounds awesome for the whole family!
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#27 - Kelly from Montana @ 11:48 am
great idea!
#28 - Rebecca @ 1:41 pm
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#29 - Rebecca @ 1:42 pm
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#30 - Rebecca @ 1:42 pm
Thanks for the great giveaway! Hope I win!
#31 - Sarah at themommylogues @ 2:10 pm
Please, please save me from the McDonald's Kidz Bop cds. Please.
#32 - Just Mom @ 2:45 pm
Love the samples! Please enter me.
#33 - Just Mom @ 2:46 pm
And I am subscribed.
#34 - cris @ 2:54 pm
new music would be *most* welcome!
#35 - cris @ 2:54 pm
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#36 - Marcie @ 4:29 pm
Fun music is always enjoyed at our home!
#37 - Angel S. @ 4:29 pm
We love to listen to music! My son has the same tone deaf, lyric changing talents as me and we have so much fun together! Thanks!
#38 - Angel S. @ 4:30 pm
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#39 - Marcie @ 4:30 pm
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#40 - andrea @ 5:27 pm
love ziggy marley, this sounds so fun!
#41 - andrea @ 5:28 pm
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#43 - andrea @ 5:29 pm
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#44 - andrea @ 5:29 pm
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#45 - Jennifer C @ 6:31 pm
This looks like a great addition to our cd collection!
#46 - Jennifer C @ 6:32 pm
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#47 - Jennifer C @ 6:32 pm
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#48 - Anne K. @ 6:41 pm
I like that song you posted!
#49 - Anne K. @ 6:41 pm
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#51 - Clenna in NH @ 7:16 pm
I love this music - makes you want to dance! My friend even named her son Marley after this great family!
#52 - Clenna in NH @ 7:16 pm
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#53 - Clenna in NH @ 7:17 pm
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#54 - Jamie @ 8:11 pm
Oh - fun! My four year old son and I LOVE to dance around together. It would be great to have some new tunes! Thanks!!
#55 - Jamie @ 8:11 pm
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#56 - Jamie @ 8:12 pm
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#57 - Jamie @ 8:13 pm
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#58 - kelly p @ 8:47 pm
I'm subscribed!
#59 - Steph. @ 9:03 pm
We love CDs like this and I'd love to win one! I follow you on Twitter and have subscribed to your newsletter now as well.
#60 - Jessica T @ 10:03 pm
I subscribe to the newsletter . . . .
#61 - Jessica T @ 10:03 pm
. . . .and the feed!
#62 - Leilani @ 10:18 pm
Great giveaway! I love the Marley's.
#63 - Leilani @ 10:19 pm
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#64 - Leilani @ 10:19 pm
I'm subscribed to your feed too.
#65 - Angie @ 12:58 am
um… yea… I'd love this!
#66 - mama kat @ 2:21 am
this would be awesome for our family! (anyone's family really :P)
#67 - Jamie Wagers @ 9:01 am
I have buttons! This sounds like fun and we are always in need of new family friendly music!
#68 - Heather @ 9:04 am
Downloaded the free song! Love Ziggy!
#69 - Heather @ 9:06 am
I am a subscriber too!
#70 - rajee @ 9:13 am
Just showed this to my son and he loves it.
Thanks for the chance.
#71 - gahome2mom @ 9:36 am
What fun! lol My daughter would enjoy jumping and dancing to Ziggy. lol
#72 - gahome2mom @ 9:37 am
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#73 - jessw @ 10:10 am
Would love it!
#74 - Mama Zen @ 12:04 pm
I love Ziggy Marley!
#75 - Mama Zen @ 12:04 pm
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#76 - Sharla @ 12:14 pm
I think my kids would love this! Thanks!
#77 - Sharla @ 12:14 pm
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#78 - Sharla @ 12:15 pm
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#79 - Linda M. @ 12:24 pm
Well, this Meema thought it was pretty cool music too! I'd love to win it to play for & with my Grandchildren…..
#80 - Linda M. @ 12:25 pm
I also subscribe to your feed & you're on my homepage…..I really enjoy your blog…thanks!
#81 - Kathy S @ 1:53 pm
What a lovely giveaway! My granddaughters are big fans of reggae music. When my first granddaughter was an infant and swinging in her little swing, my daughter would be playing Bob Marley's music, and she would just smile and swing her little feet to the music. I now have two granddaughters who just love the music..They dance around and it really makes them so happy. I'd love to win this for them!
#82 - Kathy S @ 1:56 pm
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#83 - Sheila Capell @ 3:15 pm
I'm just now really starting to get in to children's music with my boys and we are having a blast with it. WE WOULD LOVE to try some "cool" music, hope we win!
#84 - Sheila Capell @ 3:15 pm
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#85 - Sheila Capell @ 3:15 pm
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#86 - Sheila Capell @ 3:16 pm
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#87 - Lynne Kinsey @ 3:47 pm
This sounds like music my daughter and I would have loved. Now the focus is on what her daughter will love.
#88 - Mozi Esmes Mommy @ 4:11 pm
We're into fun cool stuff here!
#89 - Mozi Esmes Mommy @ 4:12 pm
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#90 - kate @ 4:34 pm
My daughter would love this cd! She loves reggae!
#91 - Barb @ 8:05 pm
My two love to listen to CDs in the car - hope we can add this one to our collection!
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#93 - Thomas I. @ 8:33 pm
If Michael Feinstein can record an album of children's songs then why can't Ziggy Marley?
#94 - Carey @ 10:43 pm
Love the sample songs.
#95 - gaby317 @ 11:10 pm
the kids & i would love this - saw ziggy in 1988 in DC!
#96 - gaby317 @ 11:12 pm
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#98 - valerie M @ 1:16 am
this does sound fun!
#99 - valerie M @ 1:17 am
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#100 - carrie lim @ 9:03 pm
This looks fun. My daughter loves music.
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#102 - Dena @ 10:44 pm
I would love this CD for my family as well as my preschoolers!
#103 - Dena @ 10:45 pm
I'm a subscriber!
#104 - Dena @ 10:45 pm
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#105 - Susan @ 10:29 am
I love this! I'm going to post Family Time on my kindergarten classroom blog!
#106 - colleen hass mom of 8 @ 3:33 pm
this would be nice to have at the hospt when my kids come to see me
#107 - tung ton @ 2:07 pm
a reggae collection of kid songs, cool
#108 - 2by2boutique @ 5:33 pm
my son loves music!!!
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#112 - JD @ 12:40 pm
I would love the CD.
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#114 - Beth Clucas @ 5:04 pm
would love to hear this - I'm hearing such great things about this CD!
#115 - Cindy B. in Montana...now in Oklahoma @ 11:52 pm
I like to keep some kids cds on hand for when we have grandkids with us!
#116 - Cindy B. in Montana...now in Oklahoma @ 11:53 pm
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#117 - Cindy B. in Montana...now in Oklahoma @ 11:53 pm
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#118 - Cindy B. in Montana...now in Oklahoma @ 11:53 pm
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#119 - Cindy B. in Montana...now in Oklahoma @ 11:54 pm
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#120 - Aimee Nue @ 8:10 pm
Subscribed and more! Would love to win - it would make my month! xoxo Aimee
#121 - Nancye Davis @ 9:35 pm
I would love to win this CD for my family!
#122 - Nancye Davis @ 9:46 pm
I subscribed.
#123 - Nikki @ 11:34 am
I've seen him in concert.. sort of. My sister passed out from heat exhaustion/stroke while we were waiting for him to come out on stage… so we got to listen to him from the ambulance off to the side of the concert. lol
I know that if I don't like this CD, she definitely will.. she even named her daughter, Marley, after Bob Marley.
#124 - Nikki @ 11:35 am
I'm subscribed to the feed via google reader
#125 - Nikki @ 11:35 am
Got the button on my sidebar
#126 - andrea @ 4:41 pm
awww i want to win!
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#128 - Chrissy @ 7:31 pm
This is awesome!
#129 - Alane @ 7:54 pm
What a fun CD, I love it!
#130 - Alane @ 7:55 pm
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#131 - Alane @ 7:55 pm
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#132 - Alane @ 7:55 pm
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#133 - Angela @ 2:23 pm
the kids i nanny for would love this cd
#134 - Angela @ 2:24 pm
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#136 - Katrina @ 7:34 am
I would love to win!
#137 - Jill W @ 2:46 pm
Love Ziggy Marley-and my husband would love this, too (and our daughter, of course-she dances to reggae!)
#138 - Jill W @ 2:46 pm
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#139 - Jill W @ 2:47 pm
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#140 - Jill W @ 2:47 pm
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#141 - Cortney @ 4:42 pm
This is a great CD. I would love to own it for my son. Thanks!
#142 - The Pear Lady @ 5:39 pm
OMG…I'm grooving to just the samples! Imagining the actual CD singing in my player would be a dream come true.
#143 - Julie @ 1:16 pm
As a nanny who spends a lot of time shuttling kids around I really appreciate good music that both kids and adults can enjoy. So many kids cd's are really not so fun for adults to listen to…and you have to be careful sometimes about adult cd's (things you wouldn't necessarily think of as bad can bring up awkward questions)!! Would love a chance to win this!!
#144 - Elena @ 9:38 pm
My 3 year old would LOVE this! Thanks!
#145 - Leslie-La Mama Naturale' @ 11:29 pm
We love Ziggy Marley and would LOVE to add this to our cd collection. The Marley's rock!
#146 - Danielle Charlene Wann @ 11:29 am
We love listening to reggae on satelitte!
#147 - Danielle Charlene Wann @ 11:29 am
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#149 - Evgenia @ 8:55 am
My 2.5 year old would love to dance to this, and me, too - thank you!
#150 - lisa @ 6:58 pm
Subscribe to newsletter and feed. This cd would be delightful to jam to and enjoy with the kids.my girls love all kinds of music.
#151 - quinn @ 9:24 am
We love Ziggy Marley and would love the new cd
#152 - DEBIJOT @ 10:50 pm
My grandson should love this.
#153 - DEBIJOT @ 10:50 pm
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#154 - Maureen @ 6:29 am
The Daycare kiddos would love to listen to this during Music time. Thanks for the chance.
#155 - Maureen @ 6:30 am
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#159 - Angie @ 4:29 pm
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#160 - Heather thompson @ 11:59 am
I love Ziggy Marley and would love to win this cd for the car. Everybody will be happy. Regular Kids songs Cds drive me and my Husband bonkers.
#161 - michelle rosborough @ 8:18 pm
Would love to have this CD
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#164 - Maruxa Murphy @ 9:50 pm
Totally my style! Would love this!
#165 - Maruxa Murphy @ 9:53 pm
Here's my Tweet about it.
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