"Join The Band" Winner- Best Children's Album at the 2006 CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS ! Nominated for a Juno Award - 2006 Children's Album of The Year! With a different instrument featured on each song, "Join the Band" is a musical tour de force by award winning musician, Ken Whiteley. With 19 songs, most of them original, this master roots musician is at his eclectic best. The musical journey starts with the soca strains of the title overture. From there we explore a cappella singing, gypsy jazz, jump blues, celtic harp, old time banjo, zydeco, several different world musics, rock trombone and a mandolin extravaganza that mixes the music of Vivaldi, Cape Breton and south side Chicago. The song “Leaves”, with exquisite flute playing by Kathryn Moses, has already won a “Song From the Heart” award from the Ont. Council of Folk Festivals for Best Children’s Song . Joining Whiteley is an impressive list of 31 musicians and singers. They inclu...