The Golden Age of Family Music is a nifty term. I coined it, and I toss it around freely, in interviews, on the podcast, in stories published on Red Tricycle, Time Out New York Kids, and Philly Kids Thing. The Golden Age of Family Music represents the maturation of music […]
I might not be a math hero, but I can calculate that the kindie music world has exactly an 80% chance of victory in Los Angeles this weekend. One of these four terrific family artists — Okee Dokee Brothers, The Pop Ups, Elizabeth Mitchell, Bill Harley — is likely to […]
Daddy Brad (Powell) of the tremendous DadLabs.com interviewed me at the Dad 2.0 Summit in Houston this past weekend. We chatted about modern kid’s music, the 2013 Grammy Awards, the OWTK podcast, and my secret theory on a possible benefit of sharing kindie music with your children. Dig: Thanks to […]
Kindie classics from Justin Roberts and Brady Rymer mingle nicely with brand new tracks from The Pop Ups, Milkshake, Billy Kelly, Hipwaders, and Moona Luna in the February episode of the OWTK podcast. Looking backwards and forwards at the same time has never been so un-dizzying. Enjoy this, peeps, it’s […]
Download, listen, and enjoy this special Grammy Awards edition of the OWTK Kid’s Music Monthly Podcast, featuring all four of the kindie acts nominated for Best Children’s Album this year. I play a cut from each nominated album, as well as an older one, to give you taste of where […]
ASTROGRASS “THE COLORED PENCIL FACTORY” After all these years, I still have a serious soft spot for The Jayhawks’ albums Tomorrow The Green Grass and Hollywood Town Hall. As such, I have a tendency to gravitate positively to any song or album — kindie or otherwise — that manages to […]
**Post-Grammy Update** Huge congrats to the Okee Dokee Brothers for winning the 2013 Grammy Award (55th Annual Grammys) for Best Children’s Album. Their masterwork, Can You Canoe?, also took the top prize in the usually way more plugged-in Fids & Kamily Awards, marking the first time the Grammys and the […]
The Pop Ups are from Brooklyn, and Brooklyn, you may have heard, got its ass kicked by that bitch Sandy last week. The lights are slowly coming back on in New York City, but people are still in harms way. It is getting cold out there, y’all, and many, even […]
