10:00 am is not an easy time slot for rock-n-roll. Dean Jones and his band Dog on Fleas kicked off the 2nd annual Meltdown Family Music & Book Festival 2 hours before lunchtime and if the guys and gal were still sleepy, you’d never have known it listening to ’em. […]
Starting this Friday, the Seattle kindie rock trio Recess Monkey will begin to unwrap “The Final Funktier”. They’ve coordinated a radio premier weekend involving 5 new songs and 5 kid’s radio stations in 3 days. Here’s the schedule for “The Final Funktier” radio premier weekend. Friday, 3/26: Zooglobble Radio: “Constellation […]
Is there a better video for today, the official first day of Spring, than Billy Kelly’s “Springtime: It’s My Favorite”? I think not. **Attention Philly-area folks** Be sure to visit the Colonial Theater in downtown Phoenixville, PA next Saturday the 27th for the Billy Kelly Show Live. Praised by almost […]
Ziggy Marley and Elizabeth Mitchell performing “I Love You Too” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday 3/15/2010. Video below (but don’t be surprised if it’s pulled down at some point). Mitchell contributed to Marley’s Grammy winning “Family Time” album, but interestingly, not on this song. In sorta […]
It’s becoming a dependable annual tradition in the kindie rock world – the Zooglobble KidVid Tournament! Borrowing it’s structure from the NCAA Basketball Tournament aka March Madness aka the greatest sporting event held each year, Zooglobble’s KidVid tourney pits the finest in kid’s rock-n-roll music videos against each other in […]
Last week, I posted a preview of the new Recess Monkey disc wrapped around an interview with bassist Jack Forman. Or was it the other way around – an interview wrapped around an album preview. Whatever. Now, I’ve managed to wrestle “The Final Funktier” official tracklist, complete with song notes, […]
Last year, the fine folks behind Kansas City’s Jiggle Jam put together the greatest weekend of kid’s music imaginable. Heck, even letting me on the main stage to introduce one of the bands couldn’t detract from the greatness of the festivities! I contend this lineup, top to bottom, may never […]
To celebrate spring, and the glory of the digital age, Bill Harley is giving away “Spring Peepers”, a story from his 1995 collection “Sitting On My Hands”. The album of stories originally heard on NPR’s “All Things Considered” was previously only available in cassette format (remember those?). Check out that […]
