This is OWTK’s First Ever Mother’s Day gift idea (it falls short of a gift guide) post but that’s not what the title speaks of. No, today’s post is dedicated to the new mom and the mommies to be (First Mother’s Day – get it?). Whether she’s with child or […]
JOANIE LEEDS “WHAT A ZOO!” Joanie Leeds has likely been, to this point in her kid’s music career, a polarizing figure. For every critic praising her obvious vocal talents, there’d be another dissing the undeniable gloss in the saccharine sweet production. I get it, and I more or less agree […]
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 a place in the list. Until now. “The Family Garden” is a relaxed-fit effort in which Kelly allows his alt.country alter ego to seep into his pristine […]
Brady Rymer “Love Me For Who I Am” This is the album Brady Rymer was destined to make. “Love Me For Who I Am” gives Rymer’s patented ear to ear grin, youthful exuberance and happy-go-lucky acoustic guitar rock charm a purpose higher than simply a nifty batch of songs on […]
GUSTAFER YELLOWGOLD’S “INFINITY SOCK” Who’d of thunk that the most human character in kid’s music would be, um, not a human being at all. In the story-arced “Infinity Sock”, Morgan Taylor’s 4th installment in the ongoing Gustafer Yellowgold saga, the yellow fella from the sun once again proves a […]
THE HOLLOW TREES “WACKY’S TACKLE” If you and your kids like your rock-n-roll with a twang, a washboard, upright bass, and a stetson hat, The Hollow Trees 3rd kid’s album “Wacky’s Tackle” might just be the greatest thing you’ll discover this year. Do you get a tingle up your spine […]
ELLA JENKINS “A LIFE OF SONG” Ella Jenkins, a legend in family, and folk, and family-folk music, delivers this week the aptly titled “A Life of Song”. Like any other parent who appreciates fine all-ages music and like any other music fan who looks lovingly towards those who have helped […]
CAT AND A BIRD self-titled In the Cafeteria, They Sit With: Dan Zanes, Elizabeth Mitchell, Lucky Diaz, John and Mark Anytime you can visualize grooving to a kid’s song in a smokey, dim-lit, back alley (& possibly underground) jazz club you’ve probably got yourself a winner. Cat and A Bird […]
