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We love pirates. Though real pirates aren’t especially appropriate to emulate or put up on a pedestal, we love learning about them, reading books about, watching movies about them. This even includes me. I find myself humming “Sailor’s Hornpipe” as I go about my day. For real. I guess the kids got it honestly.

When I heard about Captain Bogg & Salty’s fourth CD being released, I was ecstatic. Emphatical Piratical has very quickly become one of the most fun CDs in our collection.

The “crew” is a group of six musical pirates from Portland who joined together in 1999. Though their tunes are catchy and words entertaining (which is putting it mildly), you might be surprised that your kids (and you) are learning a thing or two from their tunes.

Emphatical Piratical includes songs written and inspired by Froggy Island, the home port of the Pollywogg, the crew’s ship. The melodies range from fun, reggae-style beats to traditional accordian-laden pirate songs….but also within this album are “rockin’ buckaneer riffs” that my son especially digs, especially since anything having a funky beat is dubbed as “rockin’ Daddy music.” Several of these tracks definitely fit that bill.

This is the kids’ favorite soundtrack for couch cushion fort- and ship-building. Or just for dancing. Dancing to this album is fun. Here is a snippet of R dancing to the album, donned in her paint smock, fresh from the craft table. She just couldn’t help herself.

R dancing to Emphatical Piratical from Megret on Vimeo.

Emhpatical Piratical can be bought directly from Captain Bogg & Salty’s website, or from CD Baby, for $15.

Win it! Courtesy of Captain Bogg & Salty and Sugar Mountain PR, I have a copy of Emphatical Piratical for one of you! All you have to do is visit Captain Bogg & Salty’s site and look around some…then come back here and tell me something you learned about the band, a song of theirs that you especially like, or any other trivia worth mentioning! I’ll close the contest next Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 11pm EST. Sorry; US entries only. Good luck!

11 Comments so far

They’re from Portland, and they write 95% of their songs!

I learned that scallywagg is a combination of words meaning “not very nice,” and that pirates sang most likely for entertainment and in battle. I loved reading through the tales on their site!

Their acts work well in large or small venues.

Their music styles range from calypso and pop to galloping rock – sounds fun!
Thanks!
ericbrooks75(at)yahoo(dot)com

Offering an array of songs with broad appeal, the band plays pretty much the exact same songs at Portland’s rock clubs as it does at schools and libraries.

These guys seem like they would be really great to see live. I am very curious about all of the songs but the title “Bunnyjacks” really has me intrigued. Thanks for the giveawayl.

Please include me in your drawing. My grandson loves the Sunday Zoo show.
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Debbie
Debdesk9@verizon.net

I like how their style is consistent, being themselves musically with both kids and parents. I get most annoyed with fakey fakey kids musioc, and this is sounds genuinely silly and real.

I saw them play in Brooklyn 3 years ago and they were FANTASTIC!

I love that they have coloring pages to go along with some of the characters – great extension of the theme!

As well as having fun music, my daughter really appreciated that there are printable coloring pages on the website! She had a good time with First Mate McGraw especially. Thanks!

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