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Web Coolness - Super Bowl printables, Valentine's lunches, and one rocking dad
Here are some of our favorite links from around the web this week.
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Fids and Kamily and the top kids albums of 2011
As much as I love listening to the awesome music that comes my way as part of being CMP's primary kids' music reviewer, I find picking my favorites to be one of the harder tasks I have to do.
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Alastair Moock bring American folk music to friends of all sizes
Like singer Laura Veirs, Massachusetts musician Alastair Moock has had a long and successful career playing American folk music for grown ups. And similarly, both musicians started making kids' music after the birth of their children, but in a way that keeps true to their folksy musical roots.
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Friends of Maddie gets musical
When Mike and Heather Spohr lost their daughter Maddie two and a half years ago, they refused to let the light this beautiful little girl brought to the world be extinguished--they started Friends of Maddie to support families coping with having a baby in the NICU, like they'd been through, themselves.
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Mike Park's ska-flavored kids' CD will make you jump and smile
Dad-of-two Mike Park knows a thing or two about the music biz: He was
once the energetic lead in the big '90s ska/punk band Skankin' Pickle, touring with the likes of Rancid, Primus, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
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Take a musical spin through the decades with Laura Veirs and Tumble Bee
The good ol' days sort of lose their luster for me when I think about a life without indoor plumbing, internet access and Starbucks. But, I will give them one thing: Their folk songs sure were beautiful as evidenced in this lovely and playful collection of tunes
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Web Coolness - Halloween treats, Four Seasons' getaway, and Dan Zanes' download
Here are some things we've liked reading around the web this week. We hope you will too.
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We've waited five years for this: New music from Dan Zanes and Friends
My kids and I know that our lives are made even more awesome because of all the friends who join us on our adventures, something I couldn't help but think about while listening to Dan Zanes and Friends latest release.
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Always Saturday - music for your permanent weekend
Always Saturday makes me happy. While this is technically a "kids" band, the beats are appropriate for big people, too. I'm thinking of their CD as a dance party waiting to happen, and I just want to be a part.
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Web Coolness - Halloween crafts, free printables, and a killer giveaway
Here are some things we've liked reading around the web this week. We hope you will too.
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Not ready for your kids to listen to Katy Perry? Try The Jimmies' Practically Ridiculous.
One day the kids are happily singing along to Yo Gabba Gabba; the next, they've learned lyrics to a Katy Perry song that makes me blush. Ugh, they cross that bridge so fast. I suggest you slow your older kids down a bit with this fantastic new release.
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