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The Sugar Free Allstars Cover “Ghostbusters”

Right on time for Halloween, the funky boys from Oklahoma are back with a funky rendition of the classic Ghostbusters theme song done by Ray Parker Jr. The video comes courtesy of http://newsok.com/ Weird. Is traditional media finally paying attention to the kindie music scene? Enjoy!  Read More

2011 KidVid Tournament: Ella Jenkins Regional

I hope you did your duty and participated in the first round of voting yesterday — Out with the Kids embedded those videos all nice and pretty for you, and if we don’t exercise our voting rights, that just invites unscrupulous people to come and take advantage of the process. How do you think Raffi won all those Grammys? (Note: I don’t know if Raffi has actually won any Grammys. But he seems shifty.) Anyway, today we’ve moved... Read More

CD Review: Sugar Free Allstars, “Funky Fresh and Sugar Free”

My daughter wasn’t much older than three when she strolled down the hallway after a bath one night, turned around, dropped her towel, and instructed me to “look at the rump” while she danced around. Moral of the story: Kids love to dance. Most kids’ musicians know this, and most albums of kids’ music include at least a song or two about getting up and moving around — but most of them are lacking that crucial groove... Read More

DVD Review: “Gettin’ Funky with the Sugar Free Allstars”

Aside from Martin & Medeski or the Benevento-Russo Duo, there aren’t many acts a person can turn to if they’re hungry for some stripped down, funky Hammond organ-and-drums action — and in the kids’ music universe? Forget it. With the quasi-exception of Taj Mahal’s songs for children, funk and/or soul is in short supply in the kiddieverse, and if there are two things our children need more than fresh air, exercise,... Read More