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The Happy Racers – “Ready Set Go” Kid’s CD Mini Review

The Happy Racers – “Ready Set Go” Kid’s CD Mini Review
Tweet THE HAPPY RACERS “READY SET GO” An opening guitar lick borrowed from one of John Mayer’s palaces of seduction turns an endearing, no-more-monsters-at-bedtime tune into the most Triple A-commercial-radio ready kindie song...
January 31st, 2012 | 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 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

Todd McHatton – “Galactic Champions of Joy” Kid’s CD Review

Todd McHatton – “Galactic Champions of Joy” Kid’s CD Review
Tweet 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

The Jimmies – “Practically Ridiculous” Kid’s CD Review

The Jimmies – “Practically Ridiculous” Kid’s CD Review
Tweet THE JIMMIES “PRACTICALLY RIDICULOUS” Was the wait worth it? For longtime fans, any review of The Jimmies new album “Practically Ridiculous” may boil down to something no more complicated than those 5 words + a question...
October 6th, 2011 | OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Dan Zanes & Friends – “Little Nut Tree” Kid’s CD Review

Dan Zanes & Friends – “Little Nut Tree” Kid’s CD Review
Tweet 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

Recess Monkey – “Flying!” Kid’s CD Music Review
Tweet 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

Caspar Babypants – “Sing Along!” Kid’s Music CD Review
Tweet 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
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