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Best Kids' CDs of the Decade

by Christopher Healy, Posted Dec 24th 2009 11:00AM

The '00s could be known as the decade of children's music (along with about a zillion other things). These first 10 years of the new millennium were a time in which an entire genre of music -- one which was formerly mocked, looked down upon, or ...
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Music Roundup: New Holiday CDs

by Christopher Healy, Posted Dec 17th 2009 4:18PM

At the end of every year, we see a new slate of holiday CDs. Some will be entertaining new takes on the Christmas music we all know and love; some will be lame retreads. Here are five new holiday discs made to please the kiddies.
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Jamming with The Sippy Cups

by Sarah James, Posted Feb 2nd 2008 6:00PM

While sitting in my Music Together class this week, my class instructor and I starting talking about fun bands for kids. We did the usual back and forth- Dan Zanes, Rockabye Baby, etc. She told me to check out the website of a San Francisco-based ...
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Incredibly weird rock bands for kids

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Mar 29th 2007 2:02PM

You know how media for kids usually sucks? Not all of it, but most of the music and television programs targeted at children seem more like uninspired, gender-programed, marketing gimmicks than actual entertainment or education. What happened to ...
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Music Review: Yellow Fever

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Feb 6th 2007 9:05AM

While they're name isn't exactly uplifting, the Austin-based trio, Yellow Fever, make grown-up music that's totally child-friendly. I bumped into the band late Saturday night at a show that was otherwise dominated by pretentious indie kids, and was ...
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CD Review: Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK, by Mum

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jan 29th 2007 11:29AM

Ok, so this is kind of cheating. Mum technically makes music for grown-ups, but their brand of lo-fi, emotionally-charged techno-pop has recently become living-room-dance-floor fodder for my 2 year-old and I, so I thought I'd share. Well, most of ...
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Music Review: The Telephone Company

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jan 22nd 2007 10:35AM

Let's cut to the chase. The Telephone Company are a couple of weirdos. But weirdos who, somehow -- almost unbelievably -- manage to create music that kids go crazy over. The Austin-based acoustic rockers call themselves a "hardcore children's ...
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