My kids are bouncing off the walls with cabin fever already and the constant refrain of "Santa is coming" isn't helping out. For those moments when we need to seriously chill out without falling asleep, Renee & Jeremy's new kids' music C…
So what's a slacker mom like me to do when she's having a Christmas party for sixty of her closest friends and her entire selection of Christmas music was wiped off the hard drive in the Great Computer Crash of Summer, 2009'? I don't kno…
I've reached that time of the season when I hit the wall when it comes to Christmas carols, and yet I'm not ready to totally go cold turkey. Let's just say I need a little holiday music palate cleansing, and The Hipwaders' new A Kindie C…
Got a tween girl on your list this year? I don't, I confess. But if I did, I totally know what I'd get her. (See, isn't that always the way? Now if only I could trade this great tween gift idea with someone who knows the perfect thing fo…
Whereas Alvin and the Chipmunks blaring on the radio this week was a far too jarring transition for me into Holiday Music Overplay Season, popping in the new Uncle Rock CD, Express Your Elf , was much more what the doctor ordered. Or at …
For my niece's first Christmas, I got her a big collection of DVDs from great kindie rock artists , hoping it would help keep her away from all that awful kids' music as she got older. But I never really think to check our favorite music…
2009 may go down as a year of the sucky economy, but at least I can feel pretty happy about the state of children's music. Especially after seeing the brand spankin' new list of 2009 Fids & Kamily Music Poll Winners . I'm honored to have…
With all due respect to the latest pop star du jour, most modern renditions of my favorite classic holiday songs leave me wishing for stronger eggnog. But now that I've started playing the Putumayo Presents awesome new A Family Christmas…
I used to want the Wheels on the Bus to fall off and roll into a ditch, especially after having to suffer through that song with three toddlers. But then Rhythm Child 's Norman Jones and his skillful horn-drum-fiddle-full Rhythm Child Ne…
I don't want my kids to grow up listening to lame, easy-listening music which is why The Jimmies' fun-rock songs have been on heavy rotation since we got M ake Your Own Someday , their first CD, a couple of years ago. And now with their …
I don't yee-haw or two-step, although I may start after spinning Hullabaloo's country-fried, folksy kids' music CD, High Roller , a few more times. With my vote for coolest CD cover art of the year, High Roller gets toes tapping with ple…
Hearing my six year old singing songs like Meet the Elements or Photosynthesis makes my geeky-heart's day, especially considering they are songs from my old favorites They Might Be Giants, on their new kids' CD & DVD combo Here Comes Sci…
My kids don't need another reason to zone out in front of the TV which is why the energetic new DVD from Dan Zanes, great god of the kids' indie rock movement, is okay by me. Part live show, part music video The Fine Friends Are Here! pr…
It's not easy to get into the mind of a kid -- just watch me trying to pry "how was your day" from my eight-year-old---but LA singer-songwriter and father of four Peter Himmelman seems to have this knack on his new kids' music CD, My Tra…
Any band that uses solar power to make their CD then encourages people to copy it for their friends makes me feel all warm and fuzzy before I've even heard a note. Thankfully, The Harmonica Pocket 's new kids' music CD, Ladybug One , is …
CD audiobooks, or what I still call " books on tape ," are my secret weapon against boredom in the car. Our newest gem is Tell Me a Story 3: Women of Wonder which follows in the footsteps of its much loved predecessors, Tell Me a Story a…
I remember when the bands coming out of Seattle's indie music scene set the bar for what was cool, so it shouldn't surprise me that the most rockin' new kids' band, The Not-Its! , call that region home. Their debut CD, We Are The Not-Its…
On a recent drive to the beach, my kids and I glumly watched the black clouds rolling in as we all collectively whined, "Rain again ?" Fortunately the CD I chose to turn on at that moment was Asheba's totally fun calypso and world beat r…
There is no shortage of princess stuff around my two-daughter household, but that doesn't mean their CD collection needs to full of sickly sweet commercial voices. In fact, I'm thrilled that they love listening to Mary Kaye's Music Box ,…
When you hear my kids identifying a song from System of a Down, you get a pretty good idea of the the type of music I lean toward: Loud, fast and hard. But, that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the polar opposite of hand-banging, and I o…
Back in the day, sweaty dancing to live music, singing loudly and staying up too late was a given during my annual pilgrimage to the Lollapalooza music festival. I've had to tone things down a bit now that my hearing is shot, my bedtime …
We don't own a lot of kids' DVDs in my house, primarily since it's so hard to know if we will get our money's worth or they will be watched twice before my daughter gets bored and just wants to throw the disk around. But one completely w…
They grow up so fast, I've said a million times, and while they're still little I want to introduce them to the coolest indie-vibe kids' music I can. Like CMP fave The Sippy Cups' new CD The Time Machine . Mixing bits of "stop and smell …
Now that it's still light at bedtime, my kids are bouncing off the walls when I try to tuck them under their covers at night. I need help, and I'll take it in the form of Sunflow's latest CD, the lullaby collection Under the Stars . It's…