(Sammie Haynes) "has just released a charming children’s record...sweetly sung, full of clever, participatory songs kids and parents can share, along with familiar folk classics and brightly humanistic originals…"
Scott Alarik , The Boston Globe
"There are absolutely no flat spots on this fun and inspiring album...her songwriting is tight and catchy and pitched perfectly to her audience…"
Adrien Zupp, The Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, NH
"While Haynes has crafted an upbeat collection of 13 festive and nurturing songs, the tape’s highlight is that it introduces several new and relatively obscure, but delightful, songs to music lovers of all ages…The interactive songs she included on ‘Many Hands’ could easily become household or classroom favorites."
"Haynes’ own songs cover a lot of territory theme-wise, from the title song, which deals with friendship and self-awareness, to ‘Fall’s Falling,’ a quick, toe-tapping tune that shares the tell-tale signs of autumn as Haynes sweetly sings…She winds up the tape with a tender duet with her husband, Cormac McCarthy, called ‘A Lullaby For You,’ which was written for their son, Davis."
"This sunny tape gives the distinct sense that seeing Haynes perform these songs live, with your own kids in the audience is the way to enjoy them the most."
Denise Wheeler at Our Times- Exeter and Portsmouth, NH
"Whether creating singalongs or writing songs from a child’s wondrous and playful perspective, Sammie Haynes finds ways to not just sing at kids but sing with and for kids…"
Mike Fortier, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Dover, NH |
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