Archive for the ‘Best New Kid’s Music’ Category
The Biscuit Brothers – “Get Up & Go” Kid’s CD Review
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Todd McHatton – “Galactic Champions of Joy” Kid’s CD Review
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TODD MCHATTON “GALACTIC CHAMPIONS OF JOY”
I sloppily made out with “Sundays at the Rocket Park”, McHatton’s last album, during a torrid affair in 2010 but I want to elope in the middle of the night in Vegas with...
October 17th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More
Dan Zanes & Friends – “Little Nut Tree” Kid’s CD Review
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DAN ZANES “LITTLE NUT TREE”
“Wonder Wheel” is the quintessential Dan Zanes song; as jubilant as a campfire sing-along, as memorable as an up-too-late Friday night with great friends, and loaded with imagery so specific...
September 27th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More
Recess Monkey – “Flying!” Kid’s CD Music Review
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Photo Credit: Kevin Fry
RECESS MONKEY “FLYING!”
[warning: the first 276 words of this lengthy review will make it seem as though I do not like this album. this is not true. please read through to the end.]
This is not Recess...
September 9th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More
Caspar Babypants – “Sing Along!” Kid’s Music CD Review
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CASPAR BABYPANTS “SING ALONG!”
Babies play an integral role in the majority of Chris Ballew’s Caspar Babypants songs – both in his hand picked covers as well as his snappy originals. Having more baby references per...
August 19th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More


