A couple Sundays ago in a swanky New Jersey hotel, “Welcome to the Music Room”, mr. RAY’s 4th family album, was officially released upon the world. The crowd that gathered to greet the new tunes was strong and very familiar with mr. RAY’s oeuvre. Ray Anderson played a mix of […]
The Bear absolutely LOVES this puzzler deck! She’s entering Kindergarten in less than 2 months and continues to be a sponge for knowledge. There are 75 double-sided puzzler cards here – if she were the nation’s book czar there’d be 750! The World Almanac for Kids Kindergarten Skills deck is […]
No, it’s not technically kid’s music from a kiddie rock band but the Bear loves ’em and I think they’re just about the best band in the world right now. The Avett Brothers new disc isn’t due until August but for a limited time you can download the title track […]
This Review is brought to you by This Rant:Generally, when a band’s press release describes the CD as “music for kids that won’t drive adults crazy” I have one immediate reaction:I imagine that the label/band haven’t a clue about the current state of kid’s/family music into which they have entered. […]
The good folks at Jitterbug.tv (remember them?), in conjunction with Daily Candy Kids, have curated an EP’s worth of outstanding kiddie/family music and are giving these 5 songs away for FREE! (for a limited time). Head on over to Jitterbug.tv right now and pick up terrific MP3s by The Jimmies, […]
The latest Putumayo Kids disc is a delightful musical romp through the European continent. While I have nominal experience with European musical traditions, I was more excited about the European Playground CD then any other from the leader in handsomely packaged world music compilations. This is largely because I’m an […]
A while back I reviewed a dozen or so family-friendly iPhone apps here and here. With zillions of more applications being released everyday there could be (and quite possibly are) blogs dedicated solely to the critique of such high tech diversions. I’ve been downloading and enjoying numerous new ones since […]
All the childhood staples are present on “Pop of the Tots”: trains, colors, nature, farm animals, animal sounds and robots.So what’s the difference between this indie pop effort and, say, a Raffi disc? Terrific musical chops and a diverse palate for starters. Tim Knuth (that’d be the Human Tim) also […]
