Pick of the Day: Make Believers (CD)
Make Believers. CD. 41 min. 2012. ISBN unavail. $15. Pres-Gr 5–Secret Agent 23 Skidoo is a children’s performer unlike any you’ve heard before. Filled with great beats and fresh rhymes, his newest...
View ArticlePick of the Day: Blue Clouds (CD)
Blue Clouds. CD. 39 min. with booklet. Smithsonian Folkways. 2012. ISBN unavail. $11.99. PreS-Gr 3–Beautiful harmonies and Elizabeth Mitchell’s lovely, sweet voice are the hallmarks of this outstanding...
View ArticleSLJ Pick of the Day: Creepy Crawly Love (CD)
Creepy Crawly Love. CD. 30:47 min. CDBaby.com. 2012. ISBN unavail. $14.99. PreS-Gr 3–In his first album for children, Duke Otherwise hits all of the right notes. Clever lyrics abound in this collection...
View ArticlePick of the Day: The Mighty Sky (CD)
The Mighty Sky. CD. 31:31 min. with lyrics. NewSound Kids. 2012. ISBN unavail. $14.98. K-Gr 4–This production is the brain child of Grammy nominee and NAMMY’s Songwriter of the Year (given by the...
View ArticlePick of the Day: Pete Remembers Woody (CD)
Pete Remembers Woody. 2 CDs. range: 57:42-53:56 min. Prod. by Appleseed Recordings. Dist. by CDBaby.com. ISBN unavail. $20. Gr 9 Up–This masterful album celebrates the centennial of Woody Guthrie’s...
View ArticlePick of the Day: Ozomatli Presents OzoKids (CD)
Ozomatli Presents OzoKids. CD. approx. 37 min. Hornblow Group/Megaforce Records. 2012. ISBN unavail. $11.98. PreS-Gr 3–The Grammy award-winning Los Angeles-based Latin fusion group, Ozomatli, continues...
View Article‘Can You Canoe?’ Wins Grammy for Best Children’s Album of the Year | News Bites
Move over Carrie Underwood, the Foo Fighters, Kanye West, and make way for the Okee Dokee Brothers—Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing. The group’s latest album, Can You Canoe?, nabbed the coveted 2013...
View ArticlePick of the Day: Ready Set Go (Audio)
Ready Set Go. Performed by The Happy Racers. CD. 38 min. The Happy Racers. 2012. ISBN unavail. $10. PreS-Gr 3–In their debut alternative children’s album, The Happy Racers, led by Nathan Meckel, prove...
View ArticleBest Children’s Album Grammy Nominees | ClefNotes
58th Annual GRAMMY Award Best Children’s Album Nominees ¡Come Bien! Eat Right! Performed by José-Luis Orozco. CD. 62 min. Smithsonian Folkways. 2015. $16.98. K-Gr 5–Orozco provides uplifting,...
View ArticleLaurie Berkner, Lisa Loeb, & Rolie Polie Guacamole | ClefNotes
Beehives and Bedheads. Performed by Duke Otherwise. 33 min. CDBaby.com. 2015. $12. Gr K-3–The second album by performer Duke Otherwise, aka Noah Reimer, is polished and filled with oodles of...
View ArticleDiana Panton & Sonia De Los Santos | ClefNotes
Are You Listening? Performed by The Not-Its! CD. 30 min. Little Loopy Records. 2016. $11.99. K-Gr 3–Seattle-based The Not-Its are back, and their seventh album of kindie rock is filled with driving...
View ArticleNew Music from The Okee Dokee Brothers | ClefNotes
Animal Tracks. Performed by Laura Doherty. CD. 34 min. CDBaby. 2016. $14.99. K-Gr 3–Doherty’s lovely vocals perform 13 original songs in folk/pop, bluegrass, rock, Latin, and jazz musical styles. The...
View ArticleSLJ Chats with Diana Panton | ClefNotes
Diana Panton is not new to performing, but she is new to children’s music. After creating six jazz albums for adult audiences, this five-time Juno nominee (the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy) broke...
View ArticleThe Best of Raffi & 14 More Children’s Albums | ClefNotes
Amazing! Performed by Liz Buchanan. CD. 37 min. Antelope Dance Music. 2016. $13.99. PreS-Gr 2–This fourth album by singer/songwriter/music educator Buchanan features a dozen original songs inspired by...
View ArticleBest of Raffi | SLJ Music Review
Best of Raffi. Performed by Raffi. CD. Approx. 35 min. Rounder Records. 2017. $9.49. PreS-Gr 4 –Multi-award-winning Raffi, one of the first of the children’s music troubadours and who’s celebrating 40...
View ArticleStriking a Chord: 20 Exceptional Books on Music for Young People
In this Article Audio Picks There is incredible power in music. Throughout history, music has proven again and again that it can provide people with the strength to lift their souls and threaten...
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