Two-Time Grammy® Award Winners Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Present Their Newest Adventurous CD for Kids

13 September 2005

Cambridge, MA - Sing along with back-to-back 2004 and 2005 Grammy® Award winners Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer as they play with tongue twisters, scat singing, limericks, yodeling, Pig Latin and more. Clever, witty, playful and adventurous, this musical journey travels through big band swing, polka, blues, folk, old-time country and Latin sounds. These songs are designed for fun at home, in the car and in the classroom. Scat Like That: A Musical Word Odyssey will be available from Rounder Records on September 13, 2005.

Expert musicianship, entertainment and educational content are rarely so well combined as on Scat Like That. Whether they're demonstrating the jazzy style of scat singing on the title song, yodeling through the vowels as they milk a cow, learning pirate parlance or dancing a Pig Latin polka dance, Cathy and Marcy's humor and skill are clearly demonstrated. The songs have timeless appeal across the generations. For example, the duo chose a song penned in the 1950s for the Jack Paar Show, "IM4U" that will resonate with young instant messagers today.

As with Cathy and Marcy's live performances, interactivity is key on every song. An enthusiastic children's chorus inspires listeners to join in the sing-along fun.

CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER are multiple Grammy® Award nominees, and the Grammy Award winners in 2004 (for their Rounder Records release Bon Appetit) and 2005 in the Best Musical Album for Children category—making them the only children's recording artists to win the Grammy two years in a row. Their children's and family recordings have delighted fans for more than 20 years. They have also received numerous awards from The Parents' Choice Foundation, The American Library Association, Early Childhood News and the Washington Area Music Association.

CD EXTRAS
www.cathymarcy.com will host a variety of "CD extras" for "Scat Like That", including a recommended related reading list compiled by the former Head of Children's Services at Washington, DC Public Libraries. Families can download a "music minus one" version of "The Limerick Song" to sing their own limericks to, and a "Pirate's Mini-Dictionary" will continue the fun of "A Pirate's Life".

Release Details
Artists: Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
Run time: 42 min. CD only. Full lyrics in liner notes. Ages 2 to 8
Suggested retail price: $14.98
Available from Rounder Records. Visit www.rounder.com and retailers throughout North America.

Track Listing/Run Times

1. SCAT LIKE THAT (4:04)
2. FLIP FLAPJACKS (1:45)
3. I LOVE PIE (3:22)
4. A-E-I-O AND U (3:51)
5. 50 STATES (1:53)
6. THE LIMERICK SONG (2:27)
7. A PIRATE'S LIFE (4:20)
8. PIG LATIN POLKA DANCE (Igpay Atinlay Olkapay Anceday) (3:17)
9. DAGNABBIT (3:51)
10. A RIDDLE IN THE MIDDLE (3:31)
11. BLACK SOCKS ( :57)
12. IS NOT, IS TOO! (2:58)
13. IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE (1:00)
14. IM4U (3:47)

Founded in 1970, Rounder Records is America's premier independent label. Rounder and its Zoë, Heartbeat, Philo and Bullseye Blues imprints have a catalog of over 3000 albums, representing a wide variety of folk, roots, rock, blues, and reggae music.