EXIT LIGHT, ENTER NIGHT

According to top40-charts.com, children’s music is the fastest growing musical category. If you are a parent, you may be cringing at the memory of being subjected to lobotomizing music from the likes of Barney, Disney movies and the Wiggles, just to name a few. Times are about to change! On August 29th, Baby Rock Records will be releasing Lullaby Renditions of Metallica, a compilation of eleven of the band’s most well-known songs arranged and performed by Michael Armstrong. Of course, the music will forego the bone-crushing guitar licks for the soothing sounds of the harp, among other instruments gentle enough for the infant eardrum. This release is part of a series that will offer renditions from “Tool, The Cure, Nirvana, Pixies, Bjork, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, and Queens of the Stone Age”. Two albums in the series featuring renditions of Coldplay and Radiohead have already been released. Even though my daughter is five, I plan to purchase the Metallica disc plus The Cure and Radiohead. I wonder if Baby Rock Records will consider producing renditions of Iron Maiden and Ozzy? One can only hope.