2020 CD of the Year Award
2020 Winner of Kids First Endorsement
Hot Diggity Seal of Approval 2020
Family Choice Award 2020
For Your Consideration
For Your Consideration
Best Children's Album
“Everybody needs that one place, everybody needs a safe space… 
…everybody needs somewhere to be with their family…
Every living being from honey bees to humans, needs a safe place to call home. Dana’s seventh award-winning recording explores the different places animals live… in the sky and sea, in wetlands, underground tunnels and more. Featuring numerous musical genres ranging from rock to reggae, bluegrass to bossa nova, the album is designed to educate and engage young listeners while planting seeds of care for the planet we all call home.
…a place to call home.”
Produced by EJ Ouellette
All Songs by Dana Cohenour
“One of the best of the best albums of 2020 so far…it’s almost impossible to listen and not start singing along.”
Red Tricycle
“Experience counts… clearly Dana knows what works. Terrific arrangements and clever songwriting… spot-on vocals and production values throughout… makes children aware that they can become difference makers in the global sense.”
Kids First
About A Place to Call Home
“I was inspired to create this album in 2019 during the immigration and refugee crisis at the US/Mexican border. My heart ached for all the people who were simply seeking a safe place to raise their families and live in peace. At the same time, the Amazon Rainforest was burning out of control and climate change was (and still is) threatening human and animal habitats around the world. Like humans, animals need a safe place to call home. I wrote these songs to teach young children about animals and where they live, with a special emphasis on endangered species. My hope is that this album will instill in children love and respect for every living creature and inspire them to protect this precious planet we all share.”
-Dana
“…thought-provoking, heartwarming, and highly recommended.”
Midwest Book Review
“…this is what our young children really really need right now. Can’t recommend highly enough! My big girl, 6, commented that the only thing that would have been better about this CD was if it were longer!!!”
Little Kosher Lunch, Instagram Parenting Blog
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“Thank you for making such beautiful music for families… (we) are very grateful to artists like you who bring joy and the love of music to children. More than ever, kids need positive messages and the power of music.”
Elena Epstein,
Editor, LA Parent Magazine
“Caring for animals and their habitats has always been so crucial to our ecosystem and to the world we live in! Having Dana share with UNESCO IMUN delegates on this topic was apt, thrilling and insightful! We can’t be more grateful!“
Sarah Igbinoghene,
Coordinator of Cultural and Music Show
UNESCO Center for Peace
A Place to Call Home
MUSIC VIDEOS
Celebration Concert
Join Dana and her fabulous band of musicians as they celebrate the “A Place to Call Home” album release with a virtual concert. Featuring EJ Ouellette, Steve Baker, Albert Lamar, Dave Mattacks… and Dana’s goofy giant dog, Rowdy!
Honey Bee Bee Bop
Do the “waggle dance” with Dana and the honey bees on this buzzing, jazzy song that celebrates our planet’s heroes!
Underground Traffic Jam
Where there are tunnels, there is bound to be traffic! Dana is a “traffic reporter” humorously narrating what happens underground as animals burrow their way through congested passageways in this rockin’ animated video.
Migration
This upbeat pop song follows humpback whales from Alaska to Hawaii and illustrates the concept of migration. Children will be fascinated watching exciting whale breaches and listening to them sing along with Dana.
Let's Build a Dam
Busy beavers are hard at work on Dana’s rock & roll salute to “nature’s engineers.”
Movin' Day
“Every day is moving day” for hermit crabs! Dana’s fun reggae song is filled with factual information and footage of real hermit crabs.
Bluebird
Ride on the wings of different colored birds as a lovely flute sings their melodies with Dana on this beautiful ballad.
Home
This heartfelt ballad by Dana reminds us that love is all we need to make a house (or wherever we live) a home.
“Dana’s A Place to Call Home beautifully and engagingly expresses the importance of ecosystems and the natural world to listeners of all ages!”
Sagan Thacker
Radio Active Kids 103.3FM, Asheville, NC
“…a breath of fresh air and a warm musical hug that inspires… multiple listenings… (APTCH) shares a covering of love and acceptance with a batch of niftily crafted, terrific tunes. Perfect timing from a true professional.”
John Wood, KidzMusic.com
Meet Dana
Dana has been writing and recording music for children and entertaining families across the United States since 1994. Her seven recordings have earned wide critical acclaim and 27 national awards. She has engaged thousands of young audiences with her live performances, music videos, Facebook Live Streams, and “Dana’s Music Playground” YouTube series. She loves teaching her popular music & movement classes for little ones in Bellingham, WA.
Media Release
A Place to Call Home
Song Lyrics
Songs that entertain, delight and teach
Dana's Biography
Award-Winning Artist & Educator
“…lots of fun and has kids learning about animals and nature… music that the kids can enjoy, but also has a wonderful educational component.”
A Nation of Moms.com
“among this year’s best summer releases in children’s music… reminds young listeners that all living beings need a place to feel safe and to call home, and encourages them to mind and respect the natural habitats of all of the earth’s creatures!”
NY Family Magazine
Credits
Produced & Engineered by EJ Ouellette
All songs by Dana Cohenour
Recorded at EJO Whole Music Studios, Byfield, MA
Arrangements by Dana Cohenour & EJ Ouellette
Mastered by Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Shane Pender; Assistant Engineer
Dana Cohenour: Lead & background vocals, piano, keyboard, organ, synth steel drums
EJ Ouellette: Acoustic & electric guitars, bass, fiddle/violin, viola, dobro, banjo & mandolin
Dave Mattacks: Drums and percussion
Steve Baker: Saxophone
Albert Lamar: Flute
Kasey Favor & Clara Petry: Violins on “Let’s Build a Dam”
Whole Music Kids Chorus: Samantha Bender, Aylin Jurta, Ana Knapczyk, Benji Lochtefeld, Jaye Nichols, Marissa O’Connor, Sam Wellehan
Whales: Courtesy of MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
“…terrific album of highly entertaining tunes… deserves a place in your home.”
NAPPA (National Parenting Products Awards)
“(Dana’s) music is very contagious and enthusiastic… makes you want to stand up and dance. I like how the songs pump my adrenaline and some songs… calm me down. The moral… is to help the environment around you, like helping animals when they are in need.”
Ethan P.
KIDS FIRST Kid Critic, age 11