New album by the Macaroons

“Let’s Go Coconuts” by the new rock ‘n roll kids band The Macaroons will take you through many narratives including: taking a magic tallis ride, playing with a dreidel bird, and booing that guy, we love to Boo, Haman!  The imaginative songs not only make learning about Jewish traditions fun, they make them rock.  The task of taking religious and cultural teachings and spinning them into kid-accessible and adult-friendly music seems to come naturally to Macaroons. They come up with inventive, silly, and most of all engaging ways to make learning about tradition fun.  It’s clear that this material is lovingly written out of the personal experience and cultural identity of the band members. They are intent on showing kids that the traditions of being Jewish are very cool.

The Macaroons are a spinoff of a group called The Leevees who are both on the JDub Records label, a non-profit record company that focuses on innovative Jewish music.  All the songs on the CD are tailor-made to get kids to sing along, dance, and get involved.  I’m excited to see them live because I’m sure the humor, energy and inventiveness that is present on their record will make their live shows an equally fun time.

You can catch the Macaroons this Sunday at the Tribeca Y at 11:00 am.  They will also be performing at Children’s Day at the South Street Seaport on June 26^th.

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Our music reviewer and listings editor, Charles is part of the dynamic duo Fati & Charles, called Abbasubi. They perform songs for children in Spanish from their original CD, El Baile del Sombrero. Fati, originally from Argentina & Charles, a native of Brooklyn, live in Midwood, Brooklyn with their two children who they are raising bilingually and who were the inspiration for the CD.