The esteemed list of 15 was revealed this morning! The best kid’s CDs of the year (defined here as 11/1/11-10/31/12) as voted on by the judges in the annual Fids & Kamily Music Awards were announced on Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child today. Forget whatever crappy jewel cases sit […]
It’s the Golden Age of Family Music and I’m proving it every single month with this here podcast. Don’t miss a single episode — past or future — by subscribing right now to the OWTK Kid’s Music Monthly on iTunes for free! Here’s the October 2012 Playlist: Big Bang Boom […]
It might be hard to believe, what with all the new music that arrives ’round these parts every day, but we’ve been in a serious fresh-music rut lately. And by lately I mean the last 1/3 of a year or so. Aside from Randy Kaplan’s new one and Todd McHatton’s […]
RANDY KAPLAN MR. DIDDIE WAH DIDDIE I don’t got the blues. I don’t know the blues. I’ve heard some from a house band in a Beale Street bar. I’ve walked past the B.B. King’s in NYC. That about sums up the extent of my American roots education. So yeah, I […]
The summer is nearly over — my kids start school again in less than 3 weeks!! — man did that go by quickly! What does this have to do with the August episode of OWTK Kid’s Music Monthly Pod? Absolutely nothing, but I needed to start this playlist post with […]
Randy Kaplan, kindie’s favorite old-soul troubadour, returned with a new album this month. Fear not, Mr. Diddie Wah Diddie is not a bizarre P. Diddy covers disc, instead it is a tribute to 1920’s country blues and ragtime with Kaplan putting his unique spin on songs by Robert Johnson, Muddy […]
There are a lot of good people making good music for families in 2012 but no one is quite like Randy Kaplan. The Los Angeles resident has a classic cool, 1930’s troubadour style on and off stage, and folds sharp wit, sly humor, and brilliant childhood insight in with a […]
My latest for Time Out New York Kids Magazine highlights seven of the finest concerts for kids and their grown-ups in New York City this Fall. Which concerts should you snag tickets to in September, October and November? Allow me to assist. Enjoy the Fall Kid’s Concert Preview in the […]
