Posts Tagged ‘Singing’

  • CD Review: Justin Roberts, “Pop Fly”

    Apr 5, 09 • In Music

    Justin Roberts – Pop Fly (2008, Carpet Square) purchase this album (Amazon) I listen to a lot of it now, obviously, but I’ve never been all that proactive about finding new kids’ music — partly because I’ve been lucky enough to have a steady stream of the stuff sent here for work, and partly because I’ve always made a conscious effort to feed my children a varied musical diet. My daughter loves Danielle Sansone as much as she loves Springsteen, and the only time I feel a panicky need to find something new for her to love is when she asks to listen to the mix CD of songs by the cursed Raffi that a family “friend” sent us, which is part of why I’m only just now hearing Pop Fly, the latest release from

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  • CD Review: The Baby Grands, “The Baby Grands”

    Feb 20, 09 • In Music

    The Baby Grands – The Baby Grands (2008, Backspace) purchase this CD As has been discussed many times here at Dadnabbit, we no longer live in the dark old days of children’s music, when parents had slim choices for audio entertainment, and most of them involved sitting through untold hours of synth-laden arrangements and cutesy-poo lyrics. We’ve entered a more enlightened era, one in which artists who cater to kids often try to target adult tastes too — but even now, there’s a pretty stark split in kids’ music; some artists try to infuse their music with an approximation of the manic energy of youth, while others take a more thoughtful, laid back approach. Atlanta’s Baby Grands fit the latter description, and even if their press materials overplay their hand a bit — whoever came

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