I’ve got two articles in the July issue of TONY Kids. The first focuses on Dean Jones & his outstanding band Dog on Fleas and, more specifically, their Madison Square Park concert on 7/13, while the second is a little different for me. The girls and I test-drove the kiddie […]
The Not-Its! have crafted their finest song to date. Granted, the Seattle band is only 2 albums into their kindie rock career, but still…“First Kid in Outer Space” is the best Not Its! song ever. I’m quite honored to be able to provide you with a free, exclusive download of […]
Alright, so I’m kinda cheating with that headline because this isn’t a proper OWTK interview, seeing as how it appears on Time Out New York Kids website and not here. I did ask him my standard ‘how important is music inside the family home in an era of technological distractions’ […]
I could wax poetic about the vibrancy, creativity and energy that exists in the kindie rock world. Really, I could go on all day. It’s just better down here in the kid’s music underground; more diverse, better music, legitimately cool concerts. There are so many new acts making fun, provocative […]
Are you a fan of the OWTK Facebook page? There’s a ton of stuff that I may not want to turn into an entire post here, but is still worth sharing. As such, I’ve been posted lots of kid’s music news, links and other fun nuggets over on the Out […]
Just in time for Father’s Day, here is the magnificent Frances England performing “Daddy O”. It’s a warm, homemade video with Frances candidly playing this charming tune, from her debut “Fascinating Creatures”, in front of her kid’s artwork which hangs clothesline-style against the wall. After you watch, send dad a […]
A big tip o’ the cap to Gwyneth of Gooney Bird Kids for tipping me off to a new Brady Rymer song on CDBaby. The tune “Love me for Who I Am (Please Don’t Try to Fix Me)”, it turns out, is step 1 in an ongoing project the Rymers […]
Todd McHatton, he of the super fine, totally free “Christmas Songs” digital EP, is set to release “Sundays at the Rocket Park”, a new non-holiday collection of all-ages tunes, on July 21st (awesome album art!). Right now, he is giving away a free tune from that forthcoming album. The song […]
