ABOUT THE LITTLE HOUSE SONGS

From Helena Oliviero, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 2011

Last fall Herring was at a creative standstill until one day, she picked up “The Little House” from a pile of books. She turned the pages of a book she’s read hundreds of times. Only this time, it sounded different. It sounded like a song. The lyrics for the songs started coming together in one hour for her new CD, “The Little House Songs.”

At a time when the children’s music scene is exploding, and there’s no shortage of grating music to make Mom and Dad squirm every time their little one begs to hear a favorite children’s CD, Herring’s music for youngsters is refreshingly sweet and pretty.

Her songs in “The Little House Songs” tell the story about a pink home on a hill built way out in the country and surrounded by apple trees that little by little gets encroached upon by the nearby city. The pink house eventually gets swallowed up by that nasty big city and falls into disrepair, until a woman recognizes its beauty and history and has it moved out to the country.