The esteemed list of 15 was revealed this morning! The best kid’s CDs of the year (defined here as 11/1/11-10/31/12) as voted on by the judges in the annual Fids & Kamily Music Awards were announced on Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child today. Forget whatever crappy jewel cases sit […]
The little podcast that could just keeps on chugging along. I can tell by obsessing over casually scanning the stats that more and more families are tuning into the world’s #1 kid’s music podcast with the capital letters OWTK in the title — an honor that humbles me greatly. Subscribe […]
It might be hard to believe, what with all the new music that arrives ’round these parts every day, but we’ve been in a serious fresh-music rut lately. And by lately I mean the last 1/3 of a year or so. Aside from Randy Kaplan’s new one and Todd McHatton’s […]
Tune in to Sirius XM’s Kids Place Live (Channel 78) tonight and/or again throughout Labor Day weekend (full sched below) to hear the wonderful boys from Minnesota perform a very special campfire sing-a-long concert. This one was taped (well not really, I mean, who uses tape anymore?), and we were […]
The summer is nearly over — my kids start school again in less than 3 weeks!! — man did that go by quickly! What does this have to do with the August episode of OWTK Kid’s Music Monthly Pod? Absolutely nothing, but I needed to start this playlist post with […]
**You heard the review on NPR’s All Things Considered, now read my take on The Okee Dokee Brothers’ Can You Canoe?** THE OKEE DOKEE BROTHERS CAN YOU CANOE? One’s relationship with their music collection is about as personal as it gets. I’m able to mark transformative moments in my life […]
I find myself getting into the rhythm of this podcasting thing, from a playlist creation standpoint. I heart the ten songs that make up this month’s episode and hope you will as well. I present to you the May edition of the OWTK Kid’s Music Monthly featuring what I believe […]
I can honestly to you that in my 5+ years of covering kid’s music, there hasn’t been a single album release I’ve awaiting with as much giddy school boy anticipation than “Can You Canoe?”, the 3rd kindie effort from the MN bluegrass duo of Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing – […]
