Releases
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Rabbit Days and Dumplings
Festival Five Records | FFR018 | CD, Digital Festival Five Records presents Rabbit Days and Dumplings. This debut album from band member Elena Moon Park is an all-ages album of folk and children’s songs from East Asia rediscovered and reinterpreted for the 21st century family. -
Little Nut Tree
Festival Five Records | FFR016 | CD, Digital Parents' Choice Gold winner 2012! Little Nut Tree is the official follow up to the Grammy award winning Catch That Train and first musical mixed bag family album from Dan Zanes and Friends in five years. -
Catch That Train! (2006)
Festival Five Records | FFR009 | CD, Digital Grammy award winner for Best Musical Album for Children! Catch That Train! is a new frontier in 21st century all-ages family social music! This 17 song collection includes soulful performances by both fine and familiar friends. -
Night Time! (2002)
Festival Five Records | FFR003 | CD, Digital Night Time! is a celebration of the mysterious hours between dusk and dawn. This isn't what you would call a lullaby record (note the exclamation point) but is perfect for when the dance party is over and it's cool down time.
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Silver Star
February Records | DF001 | CD, Digital This 8 song EP of Dan Zanes and Warren Zanes originals is the first new Del Fuegos music in 25 years. -
Family Dance (2002)
Festival Five Records | FFR002 | CD, Digital This is hip, handmade, 21st century folk music for kids and kid sympathizers. The follow-up to Rocket Ship Beach. A natural blend of folk, rock and roll, fiddle tunes, a capella, hip hop, and dancehall. -
Contradance: Music from the Pilobolus Dance Performance (2011)
Festival Five Records | FFR015 | CD, Digital This 8 song soundtrack, written and recorded by Zanes is the result of a unique musical collaboration with the Pilobolus dance company in 2010 titled "Contradance". -
Rocket Ship Beach (2000)
Festival Five Records | FFR001 | CD, Digital, Vinyl Children's music with the raw spontaneity of early rock and roll, the handmade traditions of American folk and the breezy soulfulness of old time West Indian music, all on a scale for little and big ears - all with some very special guests. NOW ON VINYL!
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House Party (2003)
Festival Five Records | FFR006 | CD, Digital House Party is the most far-reaching and sonically diverse of the Dan Zanes and Friends CDs. It's the sound of a musical winter gathering that just wouldn't end. Friends kept dropping in and with them come songs, instruments, and a readiness to hang around. -
76 Trombones (2009)
Festival Five Records | FFR014 | CD, Digital Dan Zanes and Friends delve into a vital part of America's musical heritage with 76 Trombones; introducing a new generation of kids to classic Broadway songs that everyone knows and loves. -
¡Nueva York! (2008)
Festival Five Records | FFR011 | CD, Digital ¡Nueva York! is a wild, 21st century party of the sort that is sure to be springing up more and more as musicians and their friends build musical bridges with songs that can connect us all. -
The Welcome Table: Songs of Inspiration, Mystery & Good Times (2008)
Festival Five Records | FFR012 | CD, Digital The Welcome Table: Songs of Inspiration, Mystery, and Good Times is a collection of new and previously issued recordings for listeners of all-ages.
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Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag (2004)
Festival Five Records | FFR007 | CD, Digital Americans used to make a lot more music than they do these days. I have good news! We could easily be doing it again. Parades and Panoramas is my way of showing how much fun old songs can be to learn, sing and play. -
Sea Music (2004)
Festival Five Records | FFR004 | CD, Digital Sea Music is an emotional and spirited acoustic collection of fourteen traditional maritime songs performed by Dan Zanes and Festival Five Folk. -
It's A Bam Bam Diddly! (2007)
Festival Five Records | FFR010-01 | CD, Digital All-ages dance party favorite Father Goose a.k.a. Rankin Don brings his rocking caribbean flavor to the family music scene with It's a Bam Bam Diddly! -
Widdecombe Fair (2003)
Festival Five Records | FFR05 | CD, Digital This CD by David Jones and Bill Shute is a rich and soulful collection of eighteen ballads, work songs, and sea shanties from the British Isles and North America.