Posts Tagged ‘Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke’

  • A Conversation with Key Wilde

    A Conversation with Key Wilde

    Aug 24, 11 • In Featured, Interviews, Music

    One-half of the boisterous family music duo Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke talks about their new EP, Hey Pepito!, and what's in store for their future

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  • 2011 KidVid Tournament: Leadbelly Regional

    Mar 21, 11 • In Music

    I hope you rested your voting finger yesterday, because after taking Sunday off, the 2011 KidVid Tournament resumes today with the epic battle of the Leadbelly Regional division, hosted by our friends at Gooney Bird Kids. If you thought making your picks was hard before, just wait until you get a load of today’s tournament hopefuls! #1 Seed: Caspar Babypants, “$9.99″ The more I listen to Caspar Babypants, the more I love his music — whether he’s offering bouncily quirky takes on folk standards or deceptively simple originals, he’s one of the more original (and addictive) voices on the kindie scene. One of his biggest strengths is story songs, as evidenced by this tale of a ragged old teddy bear. Do you have some thread? [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/5y3OzInCxZI" width="540" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1"

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  • CD Review: Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke, “Rise and Shine”

    Jan 24, 10 • In Music

    I’ve listened to more children’s albums than I can count, and I don’t think any of them have sounded less like a children’s album than Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke’s Rise and Shine. This isn’t a bad thing at all — in fact, each of these 10 songs is completely appropriate for children. It’s just that most kids’ music, no matter how skillfully or smartly it’s put together, sounds at least a little condescending — like adults trying to record songs kids will like — and Rise and Shine, in blessed contrast, comes across simply as a collection of music that ended up in the kids’ section through a series of happy accidents. Again, this isn’t a matter of the subject material being over the little ones’ heads; Rise and Shine‘s songs deal with topics

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