Hurry on over to Tangerine Tambourine's website for a free download of the sing-along Christmas classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!" The Decatur, Alabama-based band recently released their self-titled debut kids' album, showcasing a range of influences from The Beatles to Memphis R&B to contemporary country. Their version of "Rudolph," though, sounds as if The Supremes stopped by Muscle Shoals Sound Studios for a little holiday fun!

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Very little change in the Kids' Music Top 10: the Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb: Original TV Soundtrack stays at #1 for the ninth week in a row, followed by virtually the same nine CDs as last week. So rather than talk more about the Top 10 best-selling children's CD for the week of December 6, 2009, let's discuss new music that should be on the charts.

• Wayne Potash - A Day in the Life: A brilliant, low-key concept album detailing a day in the life of a young kid. These 24 short tunes take musical cues from Pete Townshend, The Bevis Frond, Paul McCartney, The Beatles, and Johnny Cash.
• Caspar Babypants - More Please!: The sophomore kids' album from Chris Ballew, formerly of The Presidents of the United States of America. Ballew's alter ego delivers another great set of reconstructed traditional tunes and new songs that sound like classics.
• Dean Jones - Rock Paper Scissors: The second solo children's CD from Jones, a member of the kids' band Dog On Fleas. This time around, Jones enlists The Felice Brothers to create an album of rambunctious tunes with sometimes cosmic and insightful lyrics.

The 52nd GRAMMY Award Nominations have been announced, including Best Musical Album For Children. Here are this year's picks by the Academy:

• American Heroes #3 - Jonathan Sprout [Sprout Recordings]
• Banjo To Beatbox - Cathy & Marcy, with special guest Christylez Bacon [Community Music, Inc.]
• Family Time - Ziggy Marley [Tuff Gong Worldwide]
• Great Day - Milkshake [Milkshake Music]
• Jumpin' & Jammin' - Greg & Steve [Greg & Steve Productions]
• Pete Seeger Tribute: Ageless Kids' Songs - Buck Howdy [Prairie Dog Entertainment]

Marley's kids' music debut is the best in this list of nominations simply because he composed some great pop/reggae songs for Family Time, despite the fact that it's a children's CD. Having said that, though, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer's Banjo To Beatbox might earn the veteran duo yet another kids' music GRAMMY based on the inclusion of newcomer Christylez Bacon alone.

Sounding like a cross between Doug E. Fresh and A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dog, the young Washington, D.C. native rocks "It's the Beatbox" and three other tunes on Banjo To Beatbox. Christylez (pronounced: chris-styles) is a talent to watch...expect to hear much more from him in the future.

The Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb: Original TV Soundtrack tops the Kids' Music Charts for the eighth week in a row, followed once again by They Might Be Giants' Here Comes Science for those same eight weeks.

A Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack rises to Number 4 as the holidays approach, while former chart favorites like Laurie Berkner's Rocketship Run and Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana 3 Soundtrack make reappearances on this week's Kids' Music Charts. Here are the Top 10 best-selling children's CDs for the week of November 29, 2009.

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Kwanzaa music for kids is a great way to introduce children to the concepts of the holiday while having musical fun! Founded by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966, Kwanzaa is an internationally celebrated African cultural holiday that pays tribute to the rich cultural roots of African people. Kwanzaa is based on seven fundamental principles, which are referred to as the Nguzo Saba. Explore the holiday with your family with these CDs of great Kwanzaa music for kids.

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No change in the Top 5 spots this week, as the Phineas and Ferb: Original TV Soundtrack stays atop the Weekly Kids' Music Charts for the seventh week in a row. Ziggy Marley's Family Time, one of the best kids' music CDs of 2009, jumps back into the Top 10 at number 6, while the Kidz Bop franchise leaves a lump of coal in our musical stockings with Kidz Bop Christmas, this week's number 9 CD.

Here are the Top 10 best-selling children's CDs for the week of November 22, 2009.

Whether you live in Manhattan or just happen to be passing through the Big Apple over the next few months, you and your family are in for a musical treat at Symphony Space. Their winter/spring concert schedule is chock full of super duper kids' shows, from big names like Justin Roberts, The Sippy Cups, and Ralph's World, to up-and-coming futurestars like Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, The Jimmies, and Astrograss.

Here's the calendar of family concerts at Symphony Space:

• Dec. 19 - Hot Peas 'N Butter (special Holidays from Around the World concert)
• Jan. 16 - The Jimmies
• Feb. 6 - Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (two shows)
• Feb. 13 - Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke
• Feb. 20 - Ralph's World (two shows)
• Feb. 27 - Astrograss
• Mar. 27 - The Sippy Cups
• Apr. 10 - Justin Roberts (two shows)
• Apr. 17 - The Gustafer Yellowgold Show

All shows begin at 11:00 am, and second shows begin at 2:00 pm.

Happy Thanksgiving morning! For those of you celebrating Turkey Day without the turkey, check out Todd McHatton's "The Happy Vegan Thanksgiving Song". The loping, laid-back, harmony-laden track, a little reminiscent of The Meat Puppets' mid-80s output, is a sweet, humorous ode to a meat-free meal at Grandma's.

The song declares that the true meaning of Thanksgiving Day lies in "Celebrating the joy of living / It's what we're all here for." You can hear the full version of "The Happy Vegan Thanksgiving Song," and songs from Todd McHatton's supercatchy psychedelic pop album for kids, Grass Stained Twilight, at his illustration- and music-filled website.

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Christina Refford of Fairly Odd Mother wrote a piece for parenting blog Cool Mom Picks about her fave family CDs of 2009. Check 'em out...

1. Dizzy - Lunch Money
2. More! More! More! - Bunny Clogs
3. Emphatical Piratical - Captain Bogg & Salty
4. Here Comes Science - They Might Be Giants
5. We Are The Not-Its! - The Not-Its!
6. Field Trip - Recess Monkey
7. Mellow Fever - Gustafer Yellowgold
8. Music Box - Mary Kaye
9. In the Kid Zone - Asheba
10. I'm Me - Charlie Hope

Know what's harder to find than a can of pumpkin pie filling on Thanksgiving Eve? An album full of Thanksgiving songs for kids! So, I've compiled a list of some of the best Turkey Tunes for Tots from various CDs, from traditional songs like "Over the River and Through the Wood" by Dog On Fleas and The Quincy Choral Society, to thoughtful, original odes by John McCutcheon and Si Kahn, to fun, silly tunes by Debbie Friedman, The Uncle Brothers and Laurie Berkner.

• Check out this great list of Thanksgiving songs for kids
• And here's some super Hanukkah music for kids, as well

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