I spend the entirety of my first post for the NYC blogging giant Mommy Poppins encouraging city families to brave the July heat for the opportunity to see & hear the awe-inspiring Shine and the Moonbeams in concert this week. You’ve got three chances, across three boroughs. All three shows […]
POOCHAMUNGAS “POOCHAMUNGAS” I love self-titled songs. Not albums mind you, that’s kinda annoying, but naming a song after your band, or vice versa…well, that’s kinda badass. Poochamungas, an Americana rock-n-roll outfit from the 2nd city rocks a clean electric guitar and a jumpy piano on their canine-centric self-titled track from […]
The girls and I saw a kid’s concert this morning – a small affair at our local Barnes & Noble. We’ve seen many a children’s performance so it’s strange that this thought hadn’t struck me before today: Shouldn’t each and every kid’s musician who even remotely identifies themselves with #Kindie […]
MISTER G “GONNA TAKE MY HAT” Paying homage lyrically and rthymically to Sly Stone’s “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”, Mister G creates a soulful travelin’ song for modern children who still need to rely on their designated adult to escort them and their headgear between New York, Paris, London, and […]
I started a podcast this week. But if you prefer your Jeff Bogle live and in person – and really, why wouldn’t you? – get thee self to The Greene Performance Space in SoHo NYC on Monday afternoon. I’ll be moderating a family music discussion and performance (well, I doubt […]
The best music festival in all the land finally has a family music stage. The famed Newport Folk Festival has long been family-friendly – my girls have been several times from when the Bear was a mere 5-months-old – but now there is a proper place to score some shade […]
STACEY PEASLEY “SNUGGLE DADDY” Oh so what that its a little on the sappy side! Stacey Peasley succinctly puts to music a typical adorable scene with a toddler & her loving daddy just about perfectly – hiding from mommy under the bed sheet, tickling toes, reading books, snuggling (duh). “Snuggle […]
To hear Charlie Hope sing is to soak in a warm pool of happiness. Think I’m overstating that? Listen to her new single, the surprisingly rocking “One That I Love” from the just released album “Let’s Go Play!”, and experience this for yourself. With this jangly pop song Charlie Hope […]
