OWTK Kid's Concert Reviews / OWTK Kindie Music News
on March 28, 2011 at 9:08 am ×
The OWTKids enjoyed 8 bands, 4 author readings, 2 hotel swimming pools, 1 Bart’s cookie dough ice cream cone, a half dozen free Stonyfield yogurts, a bag of Gummi Bears, and 4 yards of Twizzlers. Yeah, it was a good trip. The 2011 Meltdown Family Book & Music Festival assembled […]
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on February 23, 2011 at 2:47 pm ×
Tucked away in an idyllic New England town is one of the finest annual children’s music events in all the land. Meltdown: The River’s Family Music & Book Festival is an all-day immersion in some of the greatest all-ages music, literature and extra-curricular activities known to man. Oh, and it’s […]
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on March 29, 2010 at 10:40 pm ×
The Deedle Deedle Dees bring something incredibly unique to the kid’s music world – brains, brawn and brilliant fun. They closed out the Meltdown festival in style with songs about Harriet Tubman, Satchel Page, Aaron Burr, Amelia Earhart and this one, “Do The Turnout” about the Amherst Girls. The bulk […]
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on March 29, 2010 at 2:27 pm ×
Robert Burke Warren aka Uncle Rock graced the stage earlier in the day, lending lead vocals to “Roncando” (from Dean Jones’ “Rock Paper Scissors”) during Dog on Fleas’ set. He returned in the PM to rock the Western Massachusetts crowd. With the assistance of his son Jack on vocals, and […]
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on March 29, 2010 at 10:00 am ×
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem had the strongest, most engaged crowd at Meltdown ’10. This wasn’t much of a surprise, as the New England-based rootsy quartet has a strong local following. Many of the adults and a lot of the kids danced and sang along to the songs from the […]
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on March 29, 2010 at 7:30 am ×
There was a metric ton of quality family music booked by Bill Childs of Spare the Rock for the 2010 Meltdown Festival. Of all the acts scheduled, I can honestly say that I was excited most to see and hear Alastair Moock. His debut kid’s album “A Cow Says Moock” […]
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on March 28, 2010 at 8:30 pm ×
10:00 am is not an easy time slot for rock-n-roll. Dean Jones and his band Dog on Fleas kicked off the 2nd annual Meltdown Family Music & Book Festival 2 hours before lunchtime and if the guys and gal were still sleepy, you’d never have known it listening to ’em. […]