It’s hot. Real hot. Crazy hot…for May. Tomorrow we go to the Appel Farm Music Fest in NJ and it will be hot there too. But Brandi Carlile is playing, so it’s cool. That is apropos of exactly nothing. Here’s why you’re here: to get the skinny on five of […]
I’m not one who believes there is a particular need for kindie music to sound like Taylor Swift or others of her ilk. That said, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing to be able to offer up a bouncy, light pop song suggestion to her fans. Especially one that is […]
[press release] If December 25th usually means Chinese food and a movie, chances you are free for some musical celebration thrown into the mix! JOANIE LEEDS & DRUMMER DAN of Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights! Sunday, December 25th, 2011 10:00AM-12:00PM 3rd Annual Jkidphilly Winter Concert & Sock Hop for Families […]
It’s nearly turkey time. If you listen close, real early in the morning before the sun burns off the dew, maybe you’ll hear those poor little bastards sounding the alarm and frantically seeking out the best hiding spots. But some kind souls don’t axe a bird, they opt for tofurkey; […]
Joanie Leeds 3rd album “What A Zoo!” was released yesterday. Over the weekend she performed a CD release concert at the JCC Manhattan (I previewed the show for TONY Kids April Issue). “All The Animals”, the 1st song on “What A Zoo!”, isn’t my favorite tune on the new disc […]
JOANIE LEEDS “WHAT A ZOO!” Joanie Leeds has likely been, to this point in her kid’s music career, a polarizing figure. For every critic praising her obvious vocal talents, there’d be another dissing the undeniable gloss in the saccharine sweet production. I get it, and I more or less agree […]
I swear I’m not going to post these every single day. Many morning commutes to school feature a ton of repeats which would be most certainly not fun for you to read or for me to write. Today though? Totally different set of tunes than yesterday, and a good set […]
Much like Billy Jonas’ clever “Bear to the Left“, Joanie Leeds’ “Happy As A Clam” revels in the animal-centric expressions so common in our shared American English dialect. Every single lyric, strung together quite brilliantly, is comprised of sayings such as “working like a dog” and “proud as a peacock”. […]
