FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION:
Hold onto your books and hide your broccoli! Part musical joyride and part silly, sweet mystery story in honor of our 10th anniversary; 35 tracks like SZA with flavors of Jurassic Park + Agatha Christie + Giada De Laurentiis; this album is an early literacy tool and a social emotional learning treasure trove for families and teachers. We hope you enjoy Dinosaur Spaghetti!
"It's like City Love Mamma Mia'd itself." - Jenny Chen
A taste of the album:
In a nutshell: When all the books go missing, mother and son Gail and Landon find the hapless culprit and help him along on his way. The book mystery is solved, but when all the broccoli starts disappearing shortly thereafter, tensions rise, accusations fly and the city reckons with a new mysterious culprit.
Listen to the album: (it’s a long one!)
Album Credits:
So much love and gratitude to the entire team past and present, all of our amazing collaborators, and everyone who supported, inspired and believed along the way!
All songs written and performed by Summer 2024 City Love (Qiana Ganges, Brian Caselli Jordan, David Everett Stills, Masila Muli, Natasha Jovan), City Love forever fam/emeritus legends Sterling Duns (Dwight Sterling Dunston) Emyne The Superstar (Imani Sanders-Rasul), Lyrispect (Nina Elizabeth Ball), JehutiSun (Jaleel Jordan), as well as the amazing JJA - Jenesis El, Jieara Major and Anais El. Many thanks to the talented voice actors Gail and Landon Chapolini, Jeannine Cook, Jenny Chen and Khalil Munir.
Recorded and edited at Sea Turtle Studios in Philadelphia, PA (aka Brian and Jenny's house!)
Production by Brian Caselli Jordan, Masila Muli and Dwight Sterling Dunston
Mixed and Mastered by Masila Muli at Elysium Creative Group
Album Artwork by Brian Caselli Jordan
Reading Promise mini-album (tracks 2-13) written for Read by 4th (https://www.readby4th.org/) with generous support from PNC Grow Up Great
The Crown Is Yours (Track 13) is a celebration of local author Khalil Munir's wonderful children's book, "The Crown Is Yours" (https://crownisyours.com/)
The Happy Way Every Day (Track 15) is a celebration of local author David Stills' wonderful children's book, "The Happy Way Every Day"
Move More (Track 19) written for Hip Hop Fundamentals (https://www.hiphopfundamentals.com/) with generous support from Johnson and Johnson foundation.
Watershed (Track 21) written for Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed (https://ttfwatershed.org/) with generous support from the William Penn Foundation.
About City Love:
We are City Love, a social justice music and education group from the city of brotherly & sisterly love. We are teachers and musicians who make music for the world we need and use our songs to spread love, hope, dialogue, justice and healing. We have shared assemblies, workshops, and performances at schools, colleges, and conferences throughout the country with tens of thousands of students, educators and people of all ages. We were 2018-19 Haverford College Friends in Residence and 2019 Equity in Action Grantees and won the 2020 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Silver Award for our song, “Make It Beautiful”. off our first children's album, World of Love. Our animated music video, “Beautiful” from that album has been viewed over 12,000,000 times! We created a 10-episode children’s show in 2023 and recently released an epic album that is a musical explosion with a sweet mystery that weaves all the songs together - follow us on IG @muchcitylove to keep in touch!