Archive for the ‘kid’s music reviews’ Category

Dreyer Family Band – Family Photograph CD Review

Tweet A song centered around the affectionate phrase “I Love You” could easily land in a pile of mushy, overly sentimental bile, but in the nimble hands of The Dreyer Family Band, the phrase…well, just keep reading. There are some...
May 6th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Shana Barry – A Pink Whale and A Very Tall Tree CD Review

Tweet Shana Barry’s debut album is a quiet, sparse affair. Comprised mostly of a lone acoustic guitar and Barry’s hushed, long-distance-telephone-call vocals, “A Pink Whale and a Very Tall Tree” soothes as it intrigues. In...
April 20th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Hap Palmer – Multiplication Mountain CD Review

Tweet There is a most certainly a place for educational music. Hap Palmer is proof positive that an artist can be viable, entertaining AND educational. Palmer’s latest is a musical multiplication table called “Multiplication Mountain”....
April 19th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Rocknoceros – Pink! CD Review

Tweet There’s nothing quite like a kick-butt opening track. Doesn’t matter if we’re discussing kiddie rock or indie rock. When a band puts a rollicking ditty at the top the audience typically reacts favorably. For a kid’s...
April 17th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Trout Fishing in America – My Name Is Chicken Joe Book & CD Review

Tweet In an exciting new partnership with Canadian book publisher The Secret Mountain, legendary children’s recording artists Trout Fishing in America are set to release (on April 21st) a new “Best Of” CD, comprised of 11 previously...
April 6th, 2009 | Children's Book Reviews, kid's music reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Billy Jonas “Happy Accidents” CD Review

Tweet Billy Jonas isn’t Stu Sutcliffe or Pete Best. I didn’t chart the whole family tree, but it’s safe to assume this Billy is not one of Thee Jonas Brothers. (Please excuse me linking The Jonas Brothers to The Beatles in any...
March 28th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Mellow Fever – The OWTK Review of the new Gustafer Yellowgold DVD/CD

Tweet It’s always a happy day when new Gustafer Yellowgold songs surface…and today is that day! Our little buddy from the sun is back with 11 new tales. He’s as cute & quirky as he was when we first met him over 2 years (and...
March 17th, 2009 | KID'S MOVIE REVIEWS, kid's music reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

The Best of Daddy A Go Go – OWTK CD Review

Tweet Call it a growth spurt, call it an anomaly, but one thing is undeniable: the kid’s music biz is expanding before our very eyes. With each new day a non-children’s act is jumping into the kiddie pool and now we’ve apparently...
February 24th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Sunflow "Under The Stars" CD Review

Tweet As I prepare to listen to a record I make a conscious effort to enter into the experience with zero preconceived notions of the music, the players or the story behind it’s creation. Rarely do I read the accompanying one-sheet before...
February 17th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Lunch Money “Dizzy” CD Review

Tweet If Fids and Kamily were to add a best album artwork category to the year end awards poll (an addition I’d love to see), Lunch Money’s “Dizzy” would surely land in the top half of the top ten. Even if such an honor...
January 29th, 2009 | kid's music reviews, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More
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