I had an opportunity today to do three music sessions with some kids at an early learning centre. I brought along a button accordion and a harmonica and a gut-bucket bass and some shakers and a frog and a couple scrub-boards and a jug and a triangle and a tambourine and a pair of clacking sticks and spoons and two guiros. I got the kids and the teachers to volunteer to play different percussion instruments while I played accordion. I also played a little harmonica, showing how to make a train on harmonica and then on accordion.

We all had such a great time.  I don’t know who had more fun, me or the kids. I played music from all kinds of different places. The kids who weren’t playing an instrument were all clapping along. And I think we sounded pretty good together too, making home-made jam. It’s the tastiest kind of jam and I think everyone should try some every now and then. It’s a refreshing change from the factory-made jam.

A big thank you goes out to my friend Radmila for setting this up.

Speaking of home-made jam, here’s Michelle Shocked, playing an old favourite here at Anchovy World Headquarters.