Posts Tagged ‘lunch money’

The Best Kid’s CDs, Songs, & Album Art of 2011

The Best Kid’s CDs, Songs, & Album Art of 2011
Tweet A couple of things to keep in mind here: 2011 is, for the purpose of these lists, defined as 11/1/10-10/31/11 (with special exception being made for one disc, “Strange Dees, Indeed”, officially released on 11/1). I went out to...
December 8th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

The Year in Kid’s Music: 2011 Fids and Kamily Awards

The Year in Kid’s Music: 2011 Fids and Kamily Awards
Tweet The annual kid’s music awards were announced yesterday on Bill Childs’ weekly Spare the Rock Spoil the Child radio program.  Not familiar with the Fids & Kamily Awards?  Think of them as the Grammys, with clued-in voters. The...
November 20th, 2011 | OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

Free Kid’s Music: Lunch Money “Original Friend” (the entire album!)

Free Kid’s Music: Lunch Money “Original Friend” (the entire album!)
Tweet The South Carolina trio Lunch Money make some of the most adorable, quirky, and witty music for children. Their 2011 album “Original Friend” is more than great and is now a part of the early Grammy Award process.  To celebrate...
October 24th, 2011 | OWTK Kid's Music News | 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

Driveaway to Driveway – August 24 2011

Tweet Haven’t done this in a while! Here’s what we listened to on the way to school this morning. Again, only a 12-14 minute ride, so it’s usually just 3-4 songs. These were picked by me, save for “Baby Cloud” which...
August 24th, 2011 | Driveway to Driveway, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

Robbie Schaefer’s ONE VOICE Festival Recap

Robbie Schaefer’s ONE VOICE Festival Recap
Tweet The girls and I drove down to Gaithersburg, MD on Tuesday to attend Robbie Schaefer’s One Voice Festival, a benefit event for his non-profit organization of the same name. In addition to narrowly losing out on a pair of silent auctions...
July 21st, 2011 | OWTK Kid's Concert Reviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

Driveway to Driveway – April 12 2011

Tweet I swear I’m not going to post these every single day. Many morning commutes to school feature a ton of repeats which would be most certainly not fun for you to read or for me to write. Today though? Totally different set of tunes than...
April 12th, 2011 | Driveway to Driveway | Read More

Billy Kelly – The Family Garden Kid’s CD Review

Billy Kelly – The Family Garden Kid’s CD Review
Tweet Photo Credit: John Gardner, Lewisburg Studios BILLY KELLY “THE FAMILY GARDEN” Billy Kelly’s children’s music has been called many things but ‘rough-around-the-edges’ has never been an adjective that had...
April 4th, 2011 | Best New Kid's Music, Billy Kelly, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

The 2011 Meltdown Festival Recap

Tweet The OWTKids enjoyed 8 bands, 4 author readings, 2 hotel swimming pools, 1 Bart’s cookie dough ice cream cone, a half dozen free Stonyfield yogurts, a bag of Gummi Bears, and 4 yards of Twizzlers. Yeah, it was a good trip. The 2011 Meltdown...
March 28th, 2011 | OWTK Kid's Concert Reviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

The Meltdown Festival Proves It’s Greatness…Again

Tweet Tucked away in an idyllic New England town is one of the finest annual children’s music events in all the land. Meltdown: The River’s Family Music & Book Festival is an all-day immersion in some of the greatest all-ages music,...
February 23rd, 2011 | OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More