New Ocean Literacy CD - 01.11.2011

Can our children help take care of the world's ocean?
The Banana Slug String Band is certain they can … and have fun shaking some serious booty along the way.

|Check out the Slugs' newest release, Only One Ocean!]]The award-winning eco-band for children announces the release of a unique new musical CD, ONLY ONE OCEAN on January 11, 2011. The goal of the project: Outrageously good music that inspires youngsters and their families to learn about – and then take better care of – our precious ocean.

The 14 songs range from indie rock and reggae to aloha jams and wild slack-key guitar riffs. “Going Down, Down, Down” gets funky about ocean floor geology to the bass guitar sound of Grammy winner Victor Wooten. Sweet voices of the children’s choir join indie rocker Brett Dennen’s unmistakable vocals in “Mountain in My Hand,” an ode to (that’s right) sand. A rousing sea chanty-style “Standing On My Head” gives a fun lesson about everyone’s favorite upside-down crustacean: “He’s a barnacle, a barnacle, he’s standing on his head.”

While wacky and fun, the ONLY ONE OCEAN CD (the band’s eleventh) has serious work to do. Five heavy hitting ocean science organizations, the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence, the National Marine Educators Association, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Marine Sanctuaries Foundation and Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California, Berkeley – representing thousands of scientists and educators nationwide – co-sponsored the recording to raise awareness about the health of the ocean.

The important mission drew talented assistance from others concerned – the Slugs are joined on the album by a who’s who of musical prodigies. In addition to Wooten (of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones) and Dennen, the CD features Grammy winners George Winston and Michael Doucet of BeauSoleil, along with raging fiddler Tim Carbone from Railroad Earth and Zach Gill of ALO on whimsical keyboards.

To learn more about the Banana Slugs, sample songs, and and order the CD, visit:
Banana Slug String Band Website

For additional information about Ocean Literacy, visit:
Ocean Literacy Website
Lawrence Hall of Science - Only One Ocean

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