by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here, and it’s starting to sound that way too. Consider freshening up that tired holiday playlist with a lovely new collection of classic Christmas carols from none other than Dan Zanes himself. Our family...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
I’m holding onto my Christmas cheer with two hands, refusing to let it be sullied by the endless ads and 1,000th version of Dominick the Donkey. And I’ve also got the prettiest and, yes, sunniest Christmas song on heavy rotation from one of our favorites,...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
While most people are dreaming about what foods they are going to (over)eat on Thursday, my picky eater is already loudly proclaiming everything he hates about Thanksgiving: Mashed potatoes are yucky. Turkey is yucky. Pie is yucky. You get the idea.In this spirit, my...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
The candy is bought, the costumes are (almost) finished, and the kids are already bouncing off the walls in anticipation of the night we let them stay up way too late eating sugary treats. If you want to ramp up their excitement a wee bit, just grab a copy of this...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
You can really never have too many lullabies, can you? I love lullabies for bedtime, of course, but also to play when we need to calm down after lunch, or on lazy rainy afternoons. And when the lullaby is as pretty as this one from America singer-songwriter Laura...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
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 Massachusetts musician...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
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 Moonshot, and I have a...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
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 brought down a...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
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 download the whole thing, if...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
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 totally free....
