Georgia & August Greenberg / mp3

Georgia & August Greenberg were six and four years old, respectively, at the time of recording “Sing Songs for you and Me!” And it shows. I am such a sucker for kids making up songs as they go along. I still remember the first song I penned at the ripe age of four: “One Little, Two Little, Three Little Dinosaurs.” That was pretty much the song, but with “Go to play… Go” at the end. It was genius, I know.

When I shared the recordings of the Greenberg siblings with my brother, we marveled not only at the wondrous lyrical content (see “Itchy Itchy Hay Hay”), but the fact that these kids had a solid backing band. Where do two toddlers get a super-jazzy band to lay down their tunes?

Well, after a little digging around (actually not much, my detective skills are crap) I discovered that Georgia & August Greenberg are the children of Mark Greenberg, formerly of the Coctails. Mark has played on recordings for Smog, Sam Prekop, and Jeff Tweedy while he is also responsible for recording tracks for Archer Prewitt, Andrew Bird, the Group, Eleventh Dream Day, and Chestnut Station. With a dad like that, you’re sure to have access to all the talent that Chicago has to offer.

Recommended Tracks:
• Itchy Itchy Hay Hay
• Where The Wild Things Are (a fine reading of the classic story)
• Big Girls

The rest of their album (all 12:43 of it) can be downloaded for free, courtesy of Georgia & August’s label: Comfort Stand. Comfort Stand is also the home of the greatest collection of Mar-Tie recordings this side of heaven as well as a really nice demo album from Edith Frost.