Dan Zanes & Friends Little Nut Tree © 2011 Festival Five Records, LLC Godfather of kindie music Dan Zanes is back with a host of friends on his latest release Little Nut Tree. We’re offered up a true gem right out of the gate with “Down in the Basement” featuring Sharon Jones. And make sure [...]
Asylum Street Spankers Mommy Says No! © 2006 Spanks-a-Lot Records Asylum Street Spankers are better known for their quirky brand of alt-bluegrass rather than children’s music. But their venture into the realm of kids’ tunes is flawless. Mommy Says No! takes you on a rollercoaster of bluegrass, folk, rock, and even a cover of Nirvana’s [...]
The New Binkley Brothers Featuring Matt Downer, Clark Williams and Daniel Binkley, the New Binkley Brothers are a old time string band from Chattanooga. They play originals songs and some passed down from porch to porch, so to say. The band spotlights traditional bluegrass with fiddle sawing and plunking plus a clawhammer banjo and the [...]
Servings from the Cereal Bowl by Dave Loftin Lunch Money Dizzy © 2009 Molly Ledford Lunch Money (trio Molly Ledford, Jay Barry and J.P. Stephens) keep the music pumping on their sophomore release, Dizzy. Lunch Money cranks out some simple yet very entertaining tunes for the tots—but don’t read “simple” as boring or childish. This [...]
The Dreamtree Shakers Going on a Picnic © 2011 Dreamtree Shakers On the sophomore release from The Dreamtree Shakers, the band jumps right out of the gate with a very fun, poppy college radio indie sound. The hip folksy sound of Going on a Picnic is full of playful tunes that will keep the kids [...]
Lunch Money Original Friend © 2010 Squirrel Mechanic Records It’s been a couple of years but the trio Lunch Money is back with their third release, Original Friend. Aside from being one of the hippest kindie bands out right now, Lunch Money simply makes great music with songs seemingly straight from the mind of a [...]
Servings from the Cereal Bowl by Dave Loftin Sample the Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl Grab your kid and a cup of coffee and tune in to the “Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl,” hosted by Dave Loftin, Saturdays from 8 to 10 a.m. on the Web at WAWL.org. He posts his weekly playlists on SMCB.BlogSpot.com. And now [...]
Servings from the cereal bowl by Dave Loftin Caspar Babypants This is Fun! © 2010 Aurora Elephant Music (ASCAP) In roughly a year and a half Caspar Babypants (Chris Bellew) has recorded three full-length albums for families. The third, This is Fun!, just dropped earlier this month. Just like the first two albums, the latest [...]
Servings from the Cereal Bowl by Dave Loftin Milkshake Great Day © 2009 Milkshake Music, LLC Milkshake has made quite a name for themselves in the world of family music, most notably on “Jack’s Big Music Show” on Nick Jr. But being on TV isn’t the main reason so many people know and love their [...]
Recess Monkey The Final Funktier © 2010 Recess Monkey, ASCAP The Seattle trio is back with what is arguably their best album to date. Recess Monkey unleashes the funk on their seventh release, The Final Funktier. We get a quick intro and systems check via “Lift Off!” before blasting off with “Moon Boots.” “Science Fair” [...]
