kids' music

My son has adopted everything from a mixing spoon to a couple of russet potatoes as his friends, so I know a thing or two about kids and the oddball company they keep. That's why I love this seriously catchy song about friendship from Ma…

I still need to buy the candy, figure out costumes, and drag any spooky decorations up from the basement, but I've already found our anthem for the season. It's from one of our favorite newer kindie-rock voices, Roy Handy and The Moonsho…

When it came time for me to pick out my favorite song from Dan Zanes' most excellent, brand new CD Little Nut Tree , it didn't take me long to zero in on the duet between Zanes and Shine, the lead singer of Shine and the Moonbeams which …

The newly released Practically Ridiculous from CMP favorite The Jimmies is a great bridge CD for kids caught between preschool pop and the too-grown-up stuff playing on many radio stations. And while we think you should just go ahead and…

I've seen my share of the hottest "pop" music videos out today, and most make even a lapsed Catholic want to attend Confession afterward. In other words: Not anything I want my kids to see. Still, my kids love "watching" music, and with …

Even little kids know that bullies suck, though I applaud the compilation, Big Bully , for trying to help younger kids deal with the difficult people in their lives. Of the fifteen songs on this compilation from various kindie artists, I…

I'm not sure my kids or I could ever pick out our favorite Justin Roberts song--there are just too many good ones from his dozen or so years as a kindie musician. So I love that he's currently offering a handful of singles to download to…

We've watched OK Go's excellent video interpretation of the Muppet Show Theme Song approximately 423 times in our home, and I adore their quirky take on a song I've known since childhood. But, for my download of the week, I'm stepping a …

Even I can still remember the butterflies I'd get on those first days of school--and that was a l-o-n-g time ago as my kids are quick to point out to anyone. This week's download of the week from one of our favorite kindie musicians, Sec…

Picking out my favorite song from Caspar Babypants ' brand-new CD, Sing Along! , is like asking me what my favorite donut is: They are all just so goooooood. But, there is one song that I keep coming to over and over (and over) again, fo…

The Hipwaders' first CD was a quick little EP that I loved for its edgy sound. And now, with their new full-length CD, The Golden State , my favorite song pairs the sweetest lyrics with a chorus that makes me want to grab the nearest sti…

Atlanta's The Baby Grands have a laid-back sound with a beat that I like so much -- it reminds me a bit of the Barenaked Ladies mixed with Jack Johnson. And now, for a limited time, it's free. The Baby Grands are offering up their second…

If the van is rocking, we're probably bouncing in our seats to the ska beats off of kindie-rocker Egg's second CD, the aptly named Hard-boiled which follows their excellent indie-pop debut, Sunny Side Up . Though most of Hard-boiled rock…

If you've you were to put on the new CD from CMP favorite Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke , Hey Pepito! , you'd immediately be transported into what can best be described as three minutes of kindie power-punk---loud and full of British brash. But…

Of all the amazing things my kids and their friends can do, one of the most astonishing is their ability to run in screeching packs around my yard when the temperature is more suited to, say, lying in a puddle of sweat sipping icy drinks…

I'm sure I'm not the only one who has grabbed a hairbrush and sang the haunting lyrics of The Verve Pipe's The Freshmen into it. But you may be surprised to learn that this rock band from Michigan has a more playful side, as evidenced in…

We're about to embark on a holiday weekend of picnics, and I'm about to become that mom whose son eats nothing but hot dogs and ice cream for three days straight. He looks at all food as if it will bite him back, and if you've got one of…

It's finally the season of long sunny days spent outside riding bikes, playing kickball and tag. Oh, and that all-too-familiar sound of one of my kids tripping, falling and skinning yet another part of their body. I am not kidding when I…

One of our favorite kindie voices, Charlie Hope, has a brand new release called Let's Go Play! , and you can bet you'll see a review of this wonderful family album soon on Cool Mom Picks . But today we have a little treat for you: a beau…

No outdoor toy draws my kids to it as quickly as a big thing of bubble juice, as we call it. And with the gorgeous days now practically begging for the kids to be outside with their friends, I'm especially loving this ethereal little son…

Father's Day is just around the corner and there are so many ways to show the special dad in your life how much you love and appreciate him. Let's see...you can go the breakfast-in-bed route, the day-of-golf route or the I'll-mow-the-law…

Summer is unofficially here and it's only fitting that I share a sweet little duet that is full of sunshiny warmth. Best of all, it is sung by two of our favorite kindie performers, Caspar Babypants and Charlie Hope, who really make beau…

There is much to love about Lucky Diaz's first full-length CD for kids, Oh Lucky Day !, though it's the first song that sets the whole tone for me. With a lot of rollicking, soulful scat and one confused little girl, who also happens to …

I have a confession: I've been using the "free with purchase" earbuds that came with my hand-me-down iPod for years. And really, I haven't had a complaint. So maybe it's natural that these adorable earphones from Urbanears changed my lif…