Kathryn the Grape’s All Together 10-song album provides youth and adult listeners with a vibrant spectrum of positive, empowering, and unifying lyrics accompanied by engaging musical arrangements. Self-loving affirmation songs “I Like Being Me,” “I Am That I Am” and “I Feel Good About Myself” help children experience love from the inside out, and they’ll dance along to “Shake Shake Shake” and “Let’s Celebrate” while jumping along to “Jump With Joy.” Kathryn the Grape’s invitation in “Just Be” unites our global community and “It’s Okay to Cry” provides everyone with freedom to feel and express. Love ripples through “You Matter to Me” and the power of personal choices is illuminated in “Choosing Kindness.”
Evaluation comments:
“The latest album by Kathryn Cloward (aka Kathryn the Grape) is packed with sweet, wholesome goodness. The San Diego-based performer has created a set of songs for preschoolers that focus on positive, affirmation-like messages, such as “I Like Being Me,” “Just Be,” “You Matter To Me,” and “I Feel Good About Me.” “Choosing Kindness” exemplifies a main themes on hers, while “It’s Okay To Cry” is a tender tune about expressing one’s emotions – and upbeat songs about being kind and sympathetic certainly are appreciated and welcome nowadays. Kathryn typically pairs her heartfelt lyrics with gentle poppy music, although tracks like “I Like Being Me” and the fun numbers “Shake Shake Shake” and “Let’s Celebrate” features some tasty electric guitar playing. Kathryn the Grape’s uplifting, thoughtful songs makes All Together a fruitful listening experience, particularly for little ones.”