Saturday, April 16, 2011

2010 Facebook Page - The Funky Mamas


Genre
All-ages folk/acoustic/ bluesy pop music that is entertaining and danceable! Blends of all time favorite traditional tunes and folksy originals with a sprinkling of bluegrass, swing, rap and rock, and lots of harmonizing vocals.
Members
Five Funky Mamas and many funky kids sing and play many instruments: musical saw, guitar, pennywhistle, bass, mandolin, ukelele, percussion instruments, banjo, banjo-uke, fiddle, drums, bass, jawharp, and recorder...   Plus a whole lot of audience participation during The Funky Mamas performances.
Hometown
Guelph
Record Label
Independent
About
The Funky Mamas- award winning Canadian music for families!
Biography
Recordings:
The Funky Mamas' latest CD "Rollin' Along" has won a prestigious Parents' Choice Recommended Award. This CD was a nominee at the Canadian Folk Music Awards (Children's Album of the Year), The Indie Awards (Favourite Children's Artist), and The Independent Music Awards in the USA (Best children's CD).

"Mama's Fishing" their first CD, produced in 2003 is also available at Maplemusic.com

More about members:
The Funky Mamas have been shaking up the adult-friendly children’s music scene for over a decade, while raising more than a dozen kids of their own!

MAMA G (Georgia Urban): vocals, musical saw, guitar, pennywhistle, bass, mandolin

MAMA T (Tannis Maynard Langedyk): vocals, guitar, ukelele, percussion

MAMA K (Kate Vsetula): vocals, banjo, banjo-uke

MAMA C (Chantal von Maydell): vocals, fiddle, drums, bass, jawharp

MAMA A (Alicia Mieczkowski): vocals, bass, recorder, percussion)

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