

Welcome to my FYC page for Dreamland: Relax and Imagine!
Category: Best Children’s Music Album
This album is wonderful for bedtime or quiet moments. Dreamland: Relax & Imagine makes it easy for kids and adults alike to breathe deeply, smile, imagine, and dream.
In a world full of disturbing news, growing up today can be extra hard for our children. Between media overload, COVID-19, divided politics, climate change, and wars, many children are challenged with feelings of anxiety. So with this album, I decided to try to address these issues by creating songs that bring a degree of peace and relaxation. As I’ve done with many of my previous kids’ tunes, I’ve infused them with positive messaging and a bit of education, and I’ve also focused on making the songs enjoyable for grownups. I hope families will take a centering breath and listen together to these calming songs. Let’s not forget the simple joys and beauty that surround us all.
Whether envisioning sailing on an ocean, rocking in a chair while looking up at the stars, observing the ever-changing clouds, or drifting off to the soothing sounds of rain, all the songs on Dreamland: Relax & Imagine encourage listeners to enjoy the moment.
Thanks so much for your consideration!
With appreciation, Jenn Cleary
Produced and Engineered by John McVey
Mastered by Anna Frick of Ally Sound and Recording Academy Trustee
Performers
Jenn Cleary – acoustic guitar, vocals
John McVey – acoustic and electric guitars, background vocals, sound effects
Christian Teele – drums
Chris Engleman – bass
Eric Moon – B3 organ, keys, accordion,
Mad Dog Friedman – harmonica (Sail Away, Rocking Chair to the Stars, Relax on an Island, Slow Blues Wind Down)
Enion Pelta-Tiller – Fiddle (Celtic Dream, Sail Away, Smile)
Giselle Collazo – Background Vocals
Paintings by Cheryl Leedom
Photos by Pema Gyalsten Gurung
CD Design by Ben Wright
Jenn Cleary is a singer-songwriter known for her soulful vocals and captivating shows. She lives in Boulder, Colorado and has been actively involved in the music scene for decades now. Jenn’s music encompasses a blend of folk, rock, and blues, creating a rich sound with stirring melodies and heartfelt lyrics. Jenn Cleary has released many singles and multiple records, including: Breakin’ Loose, (2006); Back to the Wheel (2010) and one of bluesy covers, Blues Full of Heart, (2018).
Her children’s albums, All Together Now (2021), Happy Day (2022) and Dreamland: Relax and Imagine (2024), have won many awards, including prestigious recognition from the 2021, 2022 and 2024 NAPPA, 2021 Fall Parent & Teacher Choice, and the 2022 Family Choice Awards.
Jenn has performed at various venues and festivals around the world. Highlight shows include Colorado Rockies games, Mishawaka, Sundance Film, Blues and Folks Festivals and multiple European tours.
Jenn has always included playful tunes in her output and her children’s albums blend full-on fun with environmental and social consciousness. Her songwriting for children is informed by a lifetime of assisting, educating, and raising them. She has been a founder of a non-profit that provided housing, schooling and medical care for Nepali children, as well as a K-12 private school in her community. She has also been a foster parent, a sponsor and raised her own three children.
This collection serves to soothe the soul of listeners young and old with songs that offer peace and encourage relaxation.
Armed with a guitar and a gentle voice that sounds like bottled sunshine, the Boulder-based songstress has a unique gift for soothing and softening frayed nerves, and lulling listeners to sleep into a sonic cocoon.
Dreamland is a soothing album designed to help children unwind. Award-winning singer-songwriter Jenn Cleary performs gentle, relaxing original songs that invite peaceful dreams.
An album highlight is “Celtic Dream,” a magical journey through a forest in Ireland, inspired by tales of the past and showcasing Jenn Cleary’s exquisite vocals and Enion Pelta-Tiller’s fiddle artistry. This song’s ethereal sounds weave a tapestry of mystic allure.
Whether envisioning sailing on an ocean, rocking in a chair while looking up at the stars, observing the ever-changing clouds, or drifting off to the soothing sounds of rain, all the songs on Dreamland: Relax & Imagine encourage listeners to enjoy the moment.
On her third offering for children, Jenn Cleary sought to create a set of songs to help kids decompress and unwind. She achieves this on more with Dreamland, which is an album that helps both children and adults to chill out.




Contact
JennCleary @ jenncleary . com
