by Christina Refford | Entertainment + Media
I’ve read a few reviews that liken Ben Rudnick & Friends’ new CD, A Frog Named Sam, to a kid-friendly Grateful Dead or Phish album which I guess could be a real plus for a lot of people. For me, though, who spent one blurry weekend at a Phish show and...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
I think that one of my roles as a parent is to expose my kids to music that doesn’t suck, so when I see one of them reaching to put on Bunny Clogs’ CD, More! More! More!, I breathe a little sigh of relief that they are choosing something so unique, funky...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending Stinkfest (hereon forward known as Kindiefest), a conference for the very cool if fairly small indie rock music for kids world. There was a running joke throughout the day about how many pitches we bloggers and writers all...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Robbert Bobbert, aka Robert Schneider of the very cool indie rock group The Apples In Stereo, showcases his unique voice with Beach Boy-esque backing harmonies and experimental sound combos in his new self-titled CD for kids, Robbert Bobbert and The Bubble Machine....
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
I know less Spanish than the average eighth grader, so I was a tad skeptical about my ability to review a CD called Spanglish Sing-Along! (Exclamation point theirs.)I shouldn’t have worried. Miami’s Spanglish Wrangler, aka Will Thomas, moves between...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
My taste in music runs more in the indie vein, but in kids’ music, you’ve gotta hand it to Trout Fishing in America who have been putting out Grammy-nominated, family-friendly folksy rock for about 30 years. But this time around, they’ve created a...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
I thought I knew what to expect when I saw the cover art on Mama Mac’s self-titled kids’ CD: I was sure there would be an acoustic version of Kumbaya and maybe a few 70’s folk songs. Boy, was I wrong. A veteran of the LA indie music scene, Amy...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Listening to Molly, Jay and J.P. of Lunch Money sing about the stuff of childhood makes me nostalgic for the days when spinning around in a circle didn’t leave me feeling queasy. In fact, their new kids’ music album, Dizzy, is an ode to all kinds of things...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
You know the indie pop band Presidents of the United States of America? Well now lead singer Chris Ballew has an alter ego called Caspar Babypants, and he’s replaced the more grown up alt-rock sound with a more folksy beat and lyrics especially for tots on his...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
When my kids heard Schoolhouse Rock was coming out with a new DVD, Schoolhouse Rock! Earth, they were as excited as I was, seeing that they’ve heard the original songs since they were old enough to say Unpack Your Adjectives. I can’t think of a better...
