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Review: Bob Marley - 'B is for Bob'

B is for Bob Marley CD Review

There's no arguing Bob Marley's songwriting prowess: no matter how closely identified he is with reggae music, his compositions transcend the genre. But is his kids' music album any good...

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They Might Be Giants Announce 9-1-2009 Release for Here Comes Science

Sunday July 5, 2009
They Might Be Giants set a September 1, 2009 release date for Here Comes Science, the follow-up to their GRAMMY-winning Here Come the 123s. Like Here Come the ABCs and Here Come the 123s, Here Comes Science will be issued as a CD/DVD package, with all 19 songs accompanied by a short animated video.

Track Listing for Here Comes Science:

  1. Science Is Real
  2. Meet the Elements
  3. I Am a Paleontologist w/Danny Weinkauf
  4. The Bloodmobile
  5. Electric Car w/Robin Goldwasser
  6. My Brother the Ape
  7. What Is a Shooting Star?
  8. How Many Planets?
  9. Why Does the Sun Shine?
  10. Why Does the Sun Really Shine?
  11. Roy G. Biv
  12. Put It to the Test
  13. Photosynthesis
  14. Cells
  15. Speed and Velocity w/Marty Beller
  16. Computer Assisted Design
  17. Solid Liquid Gas
  18. Here Comes Science
  19. The Ballad of Davy Crockett (in Outer Space)

Cover Image Courtesy Disney

Weekly Kids' Music Charts

Saturday July 4, 2009

It's Marley VS Marley! Dad Bob's B is for Bob jumps into the Top 10 at #6, while son Ziggy's Family Time remains at the top of the Kids' Music Charts for the seventh week in a row.

Here are the Top 10 best-selling children's CDs for the week of June 28, 2009.

We're Not Kidding! Barry Louis Polisar Gets Tribute Album

Thursday July 2, 2009

OK, so you heard "All I Want is You" on the Juno Soundtrack and thought it was a cute tune. Well, did you know that the song's author, Barry Louis Polisar, has been writing kids' music for over 30 years, and that "All I Want is You" originally appeared on his 1977 LP My Brother Thinks He's a Banana and Other Provocative Songs for Kids?

That album title should give you an idea of Polisar's wickedly subversive, but kid-friendly, sense of humor, and there are lots of bands and musicians out there who love Polisar because of it. In fact, Aaron Cohen of The Radioactive Chicken Heads has put together a compilation called We're Not Kidding: A Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar, a CD full of covers of Polisar's songs performed by dozens of bands in genres as varied as hip-hop, folk, rap, jazz, klezmer and rock.

The 60-track, 2-CD compilation is due out Fall 2009, so I'll keep you posted.

Image Courtesy Snail Sounds Records

Free Kids' Music from Ziggy Marley and Paul Simon!

Tuesday June 30, 2009
Basically, whatcha got here is a free download of one of the best songs from one of the best kids' albums of 2009! Drop by Amazon.com to get your free download of Ziggy Marley's "Walk Tall," a tune from Family Time that features Paul Simon's most playful vocal performance in years.

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