DAVID TOBOCMAN “LEMONADE SCHOOL” The Sound: Tobocman utilizes an “all styles” approach to his children’s music, but regardless of genre (and many are touched upon here: bluegrass, rock, folk, piano ballad, and hip-hop), elegance reigns. Best Moments: Never before has waking up pre-dawn with your child sounded more lovely than […]
Can this woman possibly be more adorable? I say no. Here’s San Francisco kindie rocker Frances England launching a new series of Creative Family Challenge videos. The 1st is a task for our kiddos to play reporter and interview their grandparents. Sounds awesome. The Bear and Mouse have a sleepover […]
Between Home and School by Bill Harley The written correspondence between one parent and numerous teachers is a work of fiction, but the sentiments and emotions expressed within are anything but. The real joy of these fabricated memos and emails is the mystery that lies in the ancillary conversations – […]
This one is new to me, although it was published to You Tube almost 1 year ago today. It’s Mister G performing “Ghosts and Goblins” live in front of an adoring, pint-sized fan base. The off-mic singalong at the 2-minute mark is so energetic and exciting – with the costumed […]
A modern children’s Halloween/Autumn classic has found it’s way to the iPhone. Yep, that brave square squash has got his own app. Oceanhouse Media, the developer behind many of the best-selling kiddie eBook applications on the iTunes Store (numerous Dr. Seuss and Berenstain Bears titles), has just brought Joe Troiano’s […]
A Very Brave Witch is my girl’s all-time favorite Scholastic DVD (and we have dozens of ’em). For them, it’s not seasonal viewing. They watch it all year ’round. As Scholastic is known to do, they’ve re-purposed the fantastic Brave Witch collection as part of a newly assembled, larger box […]
I don’t know of any kid’s music video that has had 1) a teaser video and 2) a release date. Well, I do know of one, this one, for “Me and My Brand New Haircut” from Billy Kelly’s sophomore kindie CD “Is This Some Kind Of Joke?” The video was […]
Hah, tricked ya! I wasn’t in Austin two weekends ago. In fact, I’ve never once had the privilege of stepping foot in the capital of Texas. Fear not – the kindie rock blog community was well represented at the Kiddie Limits stage of the famed Austin City Limits Festival, and […]
