I’ve made several arguments in defense of children’s music here and there over the 7 years I’ve been writing Out With The Kids, and I continue to be outwardly critical of the shortcomings in the genre, but Zooglobble’s recently published manifesto on the topic slays the dragon with a measured […]
Welcome back! This week we sit down with the CEO & Founder of Putumayo World Music and the boys of Recess Monkey! Dan Storper Storper is the CEO & Founder of Putumayo, the world music label that has sold more than 20 million CDs since it began in 1993. Putumayo […]
The idea here is real simple: ask my favorite kidlit authors and kindie musicians about their favorite movies and movie food, and then pair them up with each other over the course of the summer. This is what the OWTK Summer Movie Monday series is all about. All summer long, […]
Ashley of The Jimmies once fired up the bat signal in hopes of locating an intern, but other than that lone NYC-centric chance to be butler to the most entrepreneurial of kindie folk, opportunities to be directly involved in the back-end of the kindie machine are few and far between. […]
Lucky Diaz and mate/band mate Alisha Gaddis are, quite possibly, the most happening kindie artists of 2013 thus far. True celebs. I say thus far, and I mean to leave that door cracked here, but everyone else is on notice: you’ve got some serious catching up to do to grab […]
Time Out New York Kids brought me up to the Big Apple on Mother’s Day to meet the new Wiggles at Citi Field before the Mets game, snap some photos, and speak with the band a bit about their new album, their real favorite colors, and the Emma effect. Check […]
The annual festival sponsored & curated by the clothing monolith Life Is Good is scheduled for September 21st and 22nd in Canton, MA. While the full artist lineup reveal isn’t for another month, the kid’s bands have been announced. Performing for families on both Saturday & Sunday: Yo Gabba Gabba […]
There have been collaborations before in modern children’s music: SteveSongs and Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, the kid-hop king & Lunch Money, Recess Monkey with Sugar Free Allstars, the Peapod choir on the last Dog on Fleas record, and Shawna Kemp upping the class on The Pop Ups’ “Connect the Stars”. […]
