The annual Kansas City Jiggle Jam is fast approaching.  In fact, it’s next weekend! My gang drove all the way from Philly to BBQ-land last year for Jiggle Jam and had one of the best musical weekends of our lives.  I’m still amazed at how well-run, well-organized and on-time the event...

FUNKY MAMA “SING!” The Sound: A soulful, soaring voice atop polished bluesy rock-n-roll, with just a smidge of “diva” (in the delivery, not the attitude). In the Cafeteria, They Sit With: Vocally, there’s no one in the kid’s music community that can be compared...

Last year, the fine folks behind Kansas City’s Jiggle Jam put together the greatest weekend of kid’s music imaginable. Heck, even letting me on the main stage to introduce one of the bands couldn’t detract from the greatness of the festivities! I contend this lineup, top to bottom,...

…working backwards now, we spent our last two nights in Davis, WV at a charming B&B named The Meyer House. The building dates back to the late 19th century and much of the interior remains decidedly vintage-Victorian. We selected the Blue Room as it features, in addition to a queen bed,...

My girls are digging Zanes more than ever. That’s partly because we just saw him play in KC and partly because of their recent introduction to his Around the Kitchen! Live DVD. In particular, the songs “Wonder Wheel” and his version of “Pay Me My Money Down”, have peaked...

I first met Jeni and Jim Cosgrove in Brooklyn New York last month, where we united under the Stink Fest banner. They struck me as friendly, honest mid-westerners that do everything together (including using the bathroom – woo whoo!) They’re the kind of folk that would invite you into their...