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 […]
12-12-12 and not a moment too soon. Before the world ends, I’ve published a supersized Christmas music special of the OWTK podcast. 20 songs of kindie holiday goodness from names you know and names you don’t (or may not), but will soon! If you need fresh free original Christmas music […]
Putumayo Kids “Acoustic Dreamland” won’t be ready until February of next year, but the advance buzz on the world music label’s 5th offering in the Dreamland series seems deserved. There’s a neat mix of talent being folded into this sleepytime disc with kindie stars Frances England and Elizabeth Mitchell appearing […]
The Sound: Many decades worth of Rock & Roll style. In the Cafeteria, They Sit With: Bill Harley, Brady Rymer, Dan Zanes, Uncle Rock, Rhythm Child, Starfish – or, simply put, they sit with themselves. Best Moments: This disc (available June 29th) is loaded with Grammy Award talent; Nominee Brady […]
Join OWTK on Sunday, February 28th for a Putumayo Kids Jazz Playground concert (2 of ’em, actually) at The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. We love the whole Jazz Playground disc from Putumayo Kids – heck, I reviewed the album for Time Out New York Kids – but we’re especially […]
The Putumayo Kids Jazz Playground disc is out next month (3/9). In the current issue (March ’10 – on news stands now!) of Time Out New York Kids, I review the album. In addition, I suggest some clever ways to introduce your kids to jazz in a live setting in […]
Putumayo Presents “A Family Christmas” The Sound: An eclectic (although less so than other Putumayo World music compilations), mostly mellow mix of Christmas standards along with some lesser known holiday tunes you definitely won’t be hearing while walking around the mall. Best Moments: Johnny Bregar’s spin on “Santa Claus is […]
