Pick of the Day: Got a Minute? (Audio)

Got a Minute? Performed by Milkshake. CD. 54 min. Prod. by Milkshake Music. Dist. by CDBaby.com. 2013. ISBN unavail. $12.98.
K-Gr 5–Known for their pop-rock style, Milkshake is Lisa Mathews, Mikel Gehl, Tom Moon, Cord Neal, Michael Sheppard, and Brian Simms. Their previous albums have garnered a NAPPA Gold Award, a Parents’ Choice Gold Award, and a Parents’ Choice Silver Award. Their terrific performances continue on this fifth album with outstanding vocals and instrumental performances on guitar, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, violin, viola, bass, keyboards, accordion, piano, bagpipes, tuba, drums, and percussion. Two-time Grammy winners Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer are guest musicians on a couple of the songs. In keeping with the album’s title, several of the 33 numbers are just over a minute in length and most of them are less than two minutes long. The album starts out with the high-energy rock tune, “Got a Minute?,” and continues with songs in several varieties of rock, country, sea shanty, folk, and rap musical styles. A sampling of the other titles includes “Baltimore,” “Lookin’ Out the Window,” “We Just Wanna Have Fun,” “Fish,” “Girls Wanna Dance,” “Starry Starry Night,” “Tip Toe Thru the Tulips,” “Snowy,” “Seabreeze,” and “What’s That Sound” (with novelty sound effects such as whistles, metal spring sounds, etc.). A wonderful album that bridges the gap between preschool and teen music.–Beverly Wrigglesworth, San Antonio Public Library, TX