Elizabeth Mitchell and You are My Flower are set to release their new family album “Sunny Day” on October 5th, 2010.  The band’s label, Smithsonian Folkways, is giving away a free mp3 of album track “Oh, John the Rabbit” and have posted a video for the tune. “Sunny...

PHOTO: TODD CHALFANT Dress up like Gustafer, stage a scene with your little yellow fella plush toy, sing & dance to a Yellowgold tune – do anything Gustafer-related, record it on video and you may be one of three to win a GY prize pack featuring a boneless Gusty action figure and a DVD/CD set...

The Dirty Sock Funtime Band is a psychedelic mashup of Aerosmith, the B-52’s, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and The Monkees custom built for the Spongebob generation.  The band’s inaugural DVD contains the 1st three episodes of their music video and humorous skit-based TV show; a well paced,...

The Sound: Contemporary indie pop-rock with Harry Nilsson’s “The Puppy Song” & “Spaceman” as the musical template and author William Steig as a lyrical muse. In the Cafeteria, They Sit With: David Tobocman, The Jellydots Best Moments: The meaning of “Green Eleven”...

I sorta cannot believe that I haven’t written about this already, as it may be the most ambitious and worthwhile kindie music project of 2010. It also may be one of the finest. The Many Hands ‘Family Music for Haiti’ CD is a compilation featuring some of the best and brightest, from...

When you think about the true stars of today’s kindie music scene, what are the names that can easily be tossed out there?  Laurie Berkner, Dan Zanes, Ralph’s World, They Might Be Giants (debate amongst yourselves if the Disney label disqualifies them from ‘kindie’ status). ...