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Little Nut Tree

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PreS Up—In this first family album since Catch That Train—a 2006 Grammy Award winner—the outstanding band, Dan Zanes and Friends, join with Andrew Bird, Sharon Jones, Joan Osborne, the Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars, Father Goose, Bonga, and several more guests to present 16 songs. These original, traditional, and cover songs feature a variety of musical styles, especially rock, R & B, bluegrass, calypso, and several styles of American and international folk music. Recorded in his homespun studio in Brooklyn, the album features wonderful, folksy vocals, beautiful harmonies, and excellent instrumental performances. The eclectic selection of songs works very well to bring the whole family together for an old-fashioned sing-along. Among the numbers are "In the Basement," "Jim Along Josie," "Summer Trains," "John Kanakanaka," "Little Nut Tree," "Saro Jane," "La Siren" (in French), "Red Tail Hawk," "Hill and Gully Rider," and more. This winning album, featuring excellent vocal and instrumental performances, belongs in every library's music collection.—Beverly Wrigglesworth, San Antonio Public Library, TX
In this beautiful, heartrending, yet horrifying film, North Koreans tell their stories of imprisonment, sexual slavery, torture, murder, and escape to China or South Korea during the nearly 50-year regime of Kim Il Sung (1912—94). The interviews are illustrated through the interspersion of dance sequences, archival news footage, and drawings. Particularly interesting are the North Korean propaganda films celebrating Kim Il Sung as God and showing in the face of mass starvation happy workers, elaborate military displays, and the creation of a new flower in 1988 in honor of the 46th birthday of Kim's son and successor, Kim Jong Il. A valuable time line traces 20th-century events in Korea. Bonus features include previously unreleased footage of camp refugees. This mesmerizing film displays excellent production values and is highly recommended for Asia collections.—Kitty Chen Dean, formerly with Nassau Community Coll., Garden City, NY
Reviewed by Kitty Chen Dean , Dec 01, 2011

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