by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
"Cake,” a new music video from Charity and the JAMband previewed May 24 on the Indie Food Channel. What a great way to check out one of our favorite new discoveries in children’s music. Charity, the founder of the San Francisco-based JAMband, has been...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Remember when you were both younger and would go see bands play at the local club? If you’re like me, your kids came along and put an end to that. Is it really worth forking over seventy bucks for a sitter to see your nephew’s garage band fumble its way...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
If you’re curious about children’s music artists like Trout Fishing in America or Justin Roberts, but are too indecisive to actually purchase an entire CD, here’s an easy solution. Folk Playground, the new release from Putumayo Kids, is due out this...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
In many ways, technology has made raising children a whole lot easier. Just look at the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser! But one of the greatest inventions for moms and dads, in our opinion, is the podcast. If you’re not fortunate enough to live in Northhampton,...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
For any of us who ever rocked out to girl bands like the Go-Gos or the Bangles, the all-mom band Housewives on Prozac will remind us even though we’ve traded in our legwarmers and boomboxes for maternity jeans and minivans, we can still rock. With songs like...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
We love all the favorite kid’s music artists, and by golly, we sure hear enough of them at my house. However, after playing Parker Bent’s new release "I Am Your New Music Teacher" the other day, my daughter is definitely jumping ship. A...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
The true test of a purchase-worthy kids cd is whether you would listen to it on your own. And as a certified Bob Marley junkie, I think I’ve died and gone to dreadlock heaven. Putumayo’s Reggae Playgound will have you "jammin" to some cool reggae...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Classic. Soothing. Lullabies. Brisa’s selection of music for children is easy on the ears and ranges from Mozart to Elvis. We’re especially digging the Beatles for babies as well as the Brisa Lullaby Wiegendorfer. Also included in Brisa’s collection...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
If you are one of those moms who’d love to take your kid to music class but dreads singing in front of anyone except yourself in the bathroom mirror, then the Music’s Everywhere dvd is the perfect solution for you. Created by Boston husband and wife team...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
When word got out a few months ago that the Evil Mouse Empire was releasing an album of Devo songs performed by kids, many of my hipster brethren and I were dismayed. Personally I had visions of a KidzBoppian reworking of some of the most influential American rock...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Music is very important to us here at Cool Mom Picks Headquarters, even more important, rock-a-bye’ing our babies to sleep with style. The Innocence Mission’s newest record, "Now the Day is Over", is a collection of classics and original songs...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Call me crazy, but I think if I hear another cheesy kid’s song belted by an extremely happy male and female duo, I may just lose my lunch. I’m not sure what makes us think that kids like to listen to purple dinosaurs and four men in matching shirts when...
