Archive for the ‘Best New Kid’s Music’ Category

The Okee Dokee Brothers – Can You Canoe? Kid’s CD Review

The Okee Dokee Brothers – Can You Canoe? Kid’s CD Review
Tweet THE OKEE DOKEE BROTHERS “CAN YOU CANOE?” One’s relationship with their music collection is about as personal as it gets.  I’m able to mark transformative moments in my life through not just song, but through album...
May 21st, 2012 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – A Potluck Kid’s CD Mini Review

Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band – A Potluck Kid’s CD Mini Review
Tweet LUCKY DIAZ AND THE FAMILY JAM BAND “A POTLUCK” Like a well stocked jukebox being funneled (somehow) through a Lite Brite, Lucky Diaz’ music is colorful and childlike.  But not at all square.  Although maybe slightly cubist. The...
May 8th, 2012 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Renee & Jeremy – A Little Love Kid’s CD Mini Review

Renee & Jeremy – A Little Love Kid’s CD Mini Review
Tweet RENEE & JEREMY “A LITTLE LOVE” A covers album. Yeah, I know. I feel pretty much the same way. Seems like tiptoeing through the tulips for wrinkled dudes like Manilow, Stewart, and Sir Paul – a way to keep one hand inside...
May 8th, 2012 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

The Pop Ups – Radio Jungle Kids CD Review

The Pop Ups – Radio Jungle Kids CD Review
Tweet THE POP UPS “RADIO JUNGLE” It is awfully tempting to, when hearing a new album from a band you already have an affinity for, and hearing it as both fan and critic, to judge it solely or at least most prominently and immediately...
April 25th, 2012 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

The Biscuit Brothers – “Get Up & Go” Kid’s CD Review

The Biscuit Brothers – “Get Up & Go” Kid’s CD Review
Tweet THE BISCUIT BROTHERS “GET UP & GO” The album starts out, it would have seemed, as the funniest stuff my girls have ever heard in all their lives. The Bear & Mouse were both bonkers as my jumbled up “Get Up & Go”...
January 18th, 2012 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Lori Henriques “Outside My Door” Kid’s CD Review

Lori Henriques “Outside My Door” Kid’s CD Review
Tweet LORI HENRIQUES “OUTSIDE MY DOOR” Way way back in time, in 2004, when we had our first child, the Mrs. and I didn’t know of Dan Zanes, of They Might Be Giants (children’s division), or of any acts in the since-coined...
January 11th, 2012 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

The Best Kid’s CDs, Songs, & Album Art of 2011

The Best Kid’s CDs, Songs, & Album Art of 2011
Tweet A couple of things to keep in mind here: 2011 is, for the purpose of these lists, defined as 11/1/10-10/31/11 (with special exception being made for one disc, “Strange Dees, Indeed”, officially released on 11/1). I went out to...
December 8th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

Time Out New York Kids Magazine’s Top 10 Kids CDs of 2011

Time Out New York Kids Magazine’s Top 10 Kids CDs of 2011
Tweet For the 3rd consecutive year, I had the privilege of penning the year-end top 10 kid’s CDs article for Time Out New York Kids Magazine.  This year, another fantastic one for the genre, I pitched the idea of expanding the piece to include...
November 28th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's Music News, Time Out New York Kids | Read More

The Deedle Deedle Dees – “Strange Dees, Indeed” Kid’s CD Mini Review

The Deedle Deedle Dees – “Strange Dees, Indeed” Kid’s CD Mini Review
Tweet THE DEEDLE DEEDLE DEES “STRANGE DEES, INDEED” A vaudevillian Twilight Zone of a CD that’s at times barbershop quartet smooth, Elmo’s World silly & interactive, and just plain odd. “Strange Dees, Indeed”...
November 9th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Papa Crow – “Things That Roar” Kid’s CD Review

Papa Crow – “Things That Roar” Kid’s CD Review
Tweet PAPA CROW “THINGS THAT ROAR” You may already know the tale of Bon Iver’s debut album “For Emma, Long Ago”.  As the story goes, the bearded singer/songwriter Justin Vernon holed himself up in a northern Wisconsin...
October 18th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More
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