Posts Tagged ‘kid’s music reviews’
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
The Jimmies – “Practically Ridiculous” Kid’s CD Review
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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
ONE TRACK MIND: Always Saturday “Snow Cones in the Sun”
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ALWAYS SATURDAY “SNOW CONES IN THE SUN”
Ah, similes. Is there an occupation more adaptable to a good simile than parenting? Like the summer season and, well, snow cones in the sun, the time we get with our bundles of joy is...
September 26th, 2011 | OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More
ONE TRACK MIND: Nick Cope “The Very Long Shopping List”
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NICK COPE “THE VERY LONG SHOPPING LIST”
Nick Cope’s adult band The Candyskins flew totally under my radar. Fortunately his current work as a kid’s musician has not. The Brit’s 2010 debut “What Colour Is...
September 14th, 2011 | ONE TRACK MIND, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More
Recess Monkey – “Flying!” Kid’s CD Music Review
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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
ONE TRACK MIND: Hope Harris “Cousins Jamboree”
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HOPE HARRIS “COUSINS JAMBOREE”
There’s a little bit of Nashville in the title track of Hope Harris’ first non-lullaby family album. The song, an energetic celebration of spending time with all the special people in...
August 5th, 2011 | ONE TRACK MIND, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More
Sunshine Collective – Wanna Play? Kid’s CD Mini Review
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SUNSHINE COLLECTIVE “WANNA PLAY?”
A tale of two halves. Graceful radio-friendly pop rock for the whole family with charm from the moment the needle drops to the closing hiss and crackle even though the stickiness of the songs...
July 28th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

