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Hilltown Family Variety Show Holiday Podcast

Here’s a commercial-free holiday podcast for Christmas morning to listen to with your family celebrating Christmas, Winter Solstice, Chanukah and Kwanzaa. Music from years past by artist like The Jackson, Burl Ives, Gene Aurty and the Vince Guaraldi Trio, interwoven with kindie artists like Uncle Rock, Recess Monkey, Ben Rudnick & Friends and Laurie Berkner make a fun show for the whole family! – MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Category: Hilltown Family Variety Show, podcast, Video Tags: Christmas Music, Elizabeth Mitchell, Holiday Radio Show, Peggy Seeger, podcast, Radio Show, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook, The Sounding Joy

Giveaway: Top 11 Family Music CD Releases from 2012

Music Collection Giveaway: Top 11 Family Music CD Releases from 2012 Last month the winners of the Fids & Kamily Music Awards were announced, with a stellar list of new CDs released this past year! Launched in 2006 and inspired by the Village Voice’s long-running “Pazz and Jop” music poll, the Fids & Kamily Music Awards poll is the first compilation of year-end kids and family music “best of” lists from critics,… Read More

Category: Contest, Family Music, music Tags: Ben Rudnick & Friends, Charity & the Jamband, Childrens Music, Dog on Fleas, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ellis Paul, Elska, Family Music, Fids and Kamily Music Awards, Grenadilla, Mister G, music, Music Collection, Music Giveaway, music poll, radio programmers, Randy Kaplan, Spare the Rock Records, The Okee Dokee Brothers

Sunny Day: Elizabeth Mitchell’s Newest CD

Elizabeth Mitchell: Sunny Day Elizabeth Mitchell’s new CD, Sunny Day, came out earlier this month and at just the right time for my family. With the air getting crisper and school back in session, kids will invariably pick up (and bring home) fall colds. It’s no fun for anyone. When both mommy and child are feeling under the weather the best thing for everyone is to relax and take it easy. Yes,… Read More

Category: Amber Bobnar, Contributing Writer, Entertainment, Family Music, HF Contributing Writer, music Tags: CD, Elizabeth Mitchell, Family Music, Folk Music, Music Review, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Upcoming Family Concerts in Northampton

Upcoming Family Concerts in Northampton By Bill Childs, HF Contributing Writer Hey! Don’t forget! This Saturday, 2:00, it’s Aric Bieganek‘s CD release show benefiting the Northampton Community Music Center! Just $5, and every penny goes to the scholarship fund at NCMC. The Daily Hampshire Gazette calls Aric “the Jack Black of kids’ music,” and here’s your chance to find out why. His lyrics are clever, his songs catchy, and his shows irresistible,… Read More