Picnic Playground - Putumayo Press Room

Picnic PlaygroundRelease Date: July 28, 2009*Pack the world in your picnic basketwith this collection of delicious songs.Jay Mankita (USA) • Pascal Parisot (France) • Jose Conde y Ola Fresca (USA/Cuba) • Asheba (Trinidad)Franck Monnet (France) • Safari (Denmark) • Kheswa (South Africa) • Rhythm Child (USA)Bomba (Australia) • Johnny Bregar (USA) • Maggie G. (Canada) • Donikkl (Germany)Music, food and good times just seem to go together. This summer, Putumayo Kids celebrates the joys of eating with a brandnew, globe-trotting CD from their award-winning children’s Playground series. To be released on July 28th, just in time toenhance summer get-togethers, Picnic Playground serves up a colorful basket full of tasty musical treats.Picnic Playground provides a veritable feast of international songs about food, cooking and healthy eating in a global gumbo ofmusical styles and languages. American artist Jay Mankita’s opening song “Eat Like a Rainbow” sets the tone for the album,and the delectable songs that follow from Australia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Canada and Trinidad add tothe exuberant musical smörgåsbord. These fun, upbeat songs will help get kids moving and dancing to the rhythms.The artists on Picnic Playground sing so joyously about delicious food that you can almost taste it. Try Jose Conde’s wonderful“Bolitas de Arroz con Pollo,” chomp your way through Rhythm Child’s “Bowl of Cherries” and taste the tropical flavorsof Asheba’s Caribbean “Ice Cream.” Before you go, finish off the picnic with milk and cookies, courtesy of Donikkl’s song“Milch” and Maggie G’s “Let’s Bake Cookies”.“International food and music provide a great introduction to other cultures,” says Dan Storper, CEO of Putumayo WorldMusic, who travels the world discovering new artists and sampling international foods. “My 4-year-old son’s face lit up when Iplayed these songs for him and my wife loves trying out recipes I discover during my travels.”Picnic Playground includes liner notes in three languages, English, French and Spanish, a child-friendly overview of the foodsmentioned in the songs, as well as two recipes showing how to “Eat Like A Rainbow” by child nutritionist Barbara Storper,founder of FoodPlay.This summer, look for recipe contest online at www.putumayokids.com. A portion of Putumayo’s proceeds from the saleof Picnic Playground will be donated to Vitamin Angels, providing essential nutrients to children in the U.S. and aroundthe world.A division of Putumayo World Music, Putumayo Kids is committed to introducing children to other cultures through greatmusic from around the world. Millions of Putumayo Kids CDs are sold in more than 100 countries around the globe.Other CDs in the Playground series include best-sellers World Playground and Animal Playground. For more information,visit www.putumayokids.com.*Release dates vary by countryContact:Africa: Munyaradzi Chanetsa, + (27) (21) 424 0394; munya@putumayo.comIndian Subcontinent: Aditya Salvi, +91-22-221-53-802; aditya@putumayo.comAsia/Oceania: Lindsay Saunders, +1-212-625-1400, ext. 250; lindsay@putumayo.com