Description
Singer- songwriter Kristie Stremel (Frogpond, Exit 159), whose music has been described as “aggressive and provocative” by Harp magazine and dubbed one of the Kansas City Star’s “women who rock” has channeled her recent experience as a new mother into a new project she hopes will inspire children across the world to hear more original independent music and poetry. Wildflowers also introduce children to many different genres of music such as rock, country, bluegrass, blues, hard rock, folk and pop. Stremel’s son Charlie was born on October 18, 2013. In response to the life-changing event Stremel invited her favorite songwriters and writers, a community she has built over 20 years of songwriting and performing music on the road, to contribute songs and poetry to what would ultimately become Wildflowers, a CD and book. The resulting CD is packed with performances by independent artists who were only instructed to “write a song or poem for children”. The artists, from six states and many of them parents themselves, created fun, inspiring and beautiful compositions. The book was created to allow children to read and follow along with the lyrics each song and poem. Each composition is accompanied by fun and quirky expressive illustrations by artist Blue Haas (Los Angeles, CA), transporting children into a visual world as they read along. It is a beginner’s look at how songwriters structure original songs and how writers create original poems. “I’m blown away by what these musicians and writers have done” says Stremel who recorded many songs and poems in her home studio. “As far as I‘m concerned, Wildflowers is one of the most diverse and heartfelt CD and book available anywhere.” Independent artists create original songs and poems for and about children for ALL ages!