BILLY KELLY “IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE?” The Sound: Tongue-in-cheek pop-rock meant for singing, laughing and pondering. In the Cafeteria, They Sit With: Recess Monkey, Caspar Babypants, They Might Be Giants Best Moments: The album’s closer, “Johnny Box,” is a classic American story-song of despair, a search for purpose, […]
I’m overweight. According to the Wii Fit, I’m obese actually, and although I’ve spent the better part of 2010 trying to reverse it, I’ve been this way much of my life. Why? A general lack of exercise, donuts, bad eating habits, fast food (up until 2003), soda (up until the […]
This one sure is timely. As many children prepare their backpacks for another year of school, the Bari Koral Family Rock Band has given the video treatment to one of the cutest tunes from their album “Rock and Roll Garden”, released earlier this year. The video (and the song) serves […]
…and while we’re on the subject of female kindie rockers who haven’t been heard from in some time… Dre Towey’s 1st ever music video reminds us that while school is starting all across the land, there is still crystal clear pool water beckoning. “Goggles”, from Towey’s 2008 “Sugar on Top”, […]
Over the past couple months, Scholastic DVDs have been piling up in my office. Included in the stack are Max & Ruby’s Max’s Chocolate Chicken, the new ASL sign language formatted videos – a simply marvelous idea – for the classic Goodnight Moon, and The Wheels on the Bus Sing-Along […]
It’s been nearly 2 1/2 years since we’ve heard new music from Suzi Shelton. Unfortunately, the wait doesn’t end today. There is, however, a new video – a delightful visual presentation of a humorous lil’ tune called “Bought Me A Cat”. The song, which for Suzi goes back to a […]
***For local, Philly-area folks*** The 2010/2011 season of WCU Live! (formerly West Chester University Visiting Artist Series) begins tonight with a family-friendly production, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. The TONY winning Broadway show kicks off what promises to be a fantastic season of all-ages and grown-ups events. The girls […]
Thanks to the internet, you too can co-produce a kindie rock album. For reals. Monty Harper, a kid’s musician and all-around nice fella, from Stillwater, Oklahoma, is nearing the end of his Kickstarter crowd-sourcing campaign to fund his new album “Songs From The Science Frontier”. He is so very close […]
