Put away that cartoony music for kids that makes you want to jump 0ut of the car. We have better options! Because our favorite kindie artists like Secret Agent 23 Skidoo , Recess Monkey, The Not-Its!, and others have been busy this summe…
Between road trips, hot days spent in front of the AC, and impromptu neighborhood BBQs, summer means lots of time together to enjoy great new family and kids' music. And we've discovered new albums from They Might Be Giants' Danny Weinka…
For the past 14 years, the likable, talented, and crazy-haired Dan Zanes has been putting out some of the very best family music with albums like House Party, Catch that Train , Little Nut Tree , and, most recently, Turn Turn Turn with E…
Grammy-award winners and all around super guys The Okee Dokee Brothers follow up their stellar Mississippi River-themed album, Can You Canoe? , with Through the Woods , all about their adventures hiking a chunk of the Appalachian Mountai…
I am exactly 0% Spanish, but I'll be celebrating Cinco de Mayo tonight and blasting some cool tunes like yesterday's Cool Mom Tech Download of the Week and the latest Spanish-language kids' music release from CMP favorite Lucky Diaz and …
If you are looking for lullaby music for babies--or even for bigger kids--I am the person to ask. The routine to get my kids down has never been so easy, and so like most parents in the world, I sing. And sing. And sing. If you're lookin…
I n case you missed them, here are 5 of our most popular posts from Cool Mom Tech this past week. Enjoy! 1. Owls and foxes, out. Adorable sloths , in! Consider us obsessed. 2. Cool videos for kids that aren't actually made for kids. We'r…
Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny were among the regular read-aloud books in my home for a very long time. So I am thrilled for her old and new fans alike that Goodnight Songs , a treasure trove of poems from the late Margaret Wise Br…
In case you missed them, here are 5 of our most popular posts from Cool Mom Tech this past week. 1. We need these brilliant gadgets all over our house stat. 2. A really good reason to buy a new car . (Or if you're like us, wish you neede…
Because we're huge fans of moms everywhere, we're also fans of Bono and his ONE organization and Project (RED) . Especially because of what they're doing during the Super Bowl tonight: U2 will release their new single, Invisible , (produ…
My favorite of the coolest kids' albums of 2013 are as eclectic and diverse as the kids who listen to them. So whether you like it loud and rocking, prefer your music to have a bit more soul, or would like to sing along en Espanol, here'…
Last minute gift ideas are always the toughest. You have all these last minute people you forgot about (with no offense to them--we get busy!) and suddenly you're stuck with whatever you can find in the drugstore aisles. Fortunately the …
If Santa is bringing a new MP3 player or you'd love to wrap up a few new cool kids' music CDs to give your little listeners, here are four cool new releases, by some of our very-favorite kindie artists: Recess Monkey, Charlie Hope , Mist…
As an avowed musical geek, I'm so thrilled about tonight's daring production of the The Sound of Music Live on NBC. Yes, live. I've got the inner track and the word is that Carrie Underwood is simply brilliant as Maria, if you can forgiv…
I'm not going to knock Thriller , but if you want to grab some fresh new tunes to liven up your Halloween gathering, we've got a collection that will have your ghosts and goblins dancing (or lurching) all over the place. Not too scary an…
We have featured so many helpful posts lately on Halloween treats, tricks, costumes and beyond, we wanted to put them all in one place. After all, we can't be the only ones who still have plenty to do--or uh, haven't gotten started?--whe…
It's never easy to go through all of the great family music picks we have covered over the past twelve months and rank our top ten favorites for the annual Fids and Kamily Awards. But it's also so great to get together virtually with all…
Now that my oldest is hitting that early tween phase (eek) she's becoming more interested in the lyrics to Call Me Maybe than I'd like. I don't blame her entirely, but I need some great tween music for her to love that I can feel good ab…
After listening to indie-rockers The Verve Pipe's debut kids' CD, A Family Album, a while back, I remember hoping they'd be back soon with more of their rockin' charm. Fortunately, The Verve Pipe has decided to splash around in the kindi…
For years, my kids and I turned to Laurie Berkner's upbeat and catchy tunes like Victor Vito and I'm Gonna to Catch You to give our day a little pick-me-up and a reason to sing and dance around the living room. But we're also really exci…
I've been seeing many bleary-eyed kids and parents as we get used to the back-to-school routine of early mornings, marathon homework sessions, and after-school activities. Fortunately, one of our favorite kindie punk rock bands, Boogers,…
I've always loved Dan Zanes and Elizabeth Mitchell for making such special music that families can enjoy together. And now they've joined musical forces to produce a collection of songs that is joyful, upbeat, and so very lovely. You won…
Summer brings out serious nostalgia in me--maybe because it doesn't seem so long ago that I was the one learning how to dive off the dock into the pond. And as I watch another summer unfolding before my eyes, I've also had the pleasure o…
We have waited three long years to hear Justin Roberts' newest kindie-pop album. Oh, sure, he gave us an awesome Lullaby CD last year, but we've been eagerly awaiting another rollicking CD full of his imaginative lyrics and stick-in-your…