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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN NOW HILLTOWN FAMILY VARIETY SHOW 2009: A Year in Review Episode & Podcast November 7th 14th, 2009 Saturday from 9-10am WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA listen NOW | listen LIVE | archived podcasts | request a song subscribe to free podcast | archived shows | contests | myspace | facebook Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family – “Bright Clear Day” [Go Waggaloo] Sarah… Read More
Listen Now HILLTOWN FAMILY VARIETY SHOW 10/10/09 PLAYLIST Saturday from 9-10am WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA listen NOW | listen LIVE | request a song | subscribe to free podcast archived shows | contests | myspace | facebook Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family – “Go Waggaloo” [Go Waggaloo] Music Neil Young – “Harvest Moon” – [Neil Young: Greatest Hits] Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family – “Big… Read More
FEATURED VIDEO: They Might Be Giants – “Electric Car” [Here Comes Science]
Listen to Podcast: ROLLIN’ ON EPISODE Saturday from 9-10am September 19th, 2009 WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA FEATURED VIDEO: Rebecca Frezza & Big Truck – “Big Truck” [Rockin’,Rollin’ and Ridin’] New Podcasts ♦ Archived Podcasts ♦ Subscribe to Podcast Radio ♦ Facebook ♦ Twitter Rebecca Frezza & Big Truck – “Big Truck” [Rockin’,Rollin’ and Ridin’]Music Joe West – “Dump Truck and Tractors” [If The World Was Upside Down]Music… Read More
Listen LIVE 9-10am on Saturday via streaming audio HILLTOWN FAMILY VARIETY SHOW Featured Artist: Justin Roberts Episode 08/22/09 PLAYLIST Saturday from 9-10am WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA listen LIVE via streaming audio | request a song | subscribe to free podcast archived shows | contests | myspace | facebook Justin Roberts – “Pop Fly” [Pop Fly] Music Justin Roberts – “Roller in the Coaster” [Way Out]… Read More
Listen LIVE 9-10am on Saturday via streaming audio HILLTOWN FAMILY VARIETY SHOW Mélange of Music Episode 08/15/09 PLAYLIST Saturday from 9-10am WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA listen LIVE via streaming audio | request a song | subscribe to free podcast archived shows | contests | myspace | facebook Peter Himmelman – “Endless Green” [My Trampoline ]Music Swing Caravan – “Blue Skies” [Get it Fresh ] Squirrel… Read More
WIN FREE TICKETS: SUNDAY MATINEE CONCERT FOR KIDS At the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA SHOWTIME: Sunday, July 26th at 2pm Hilltown Families and Iron Horse Entertainment Group have partnered up to offer a chance to win a family 4-pack of tickets to see Lunch Money at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA. Find out how to enter to win below. ABOUT LUNCH MONEY A perennial favorite of Bill’s Spare the Rock,… Read More
HILLTOWN FAMILY VARIETY SHOW Daddy Episode WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA 06/20/09 PLAYLIST (06/27/09 encore) listen LIVE via streaming audio | request a song | subscribe to free podcast archived shows | contests | myspace | facebook Lisa Loeb – “Ready for the Summer” [Camp Lisa] Mr. Ray – “First Father’s Day” [Family Ride] Cat Stevens – “Father and Son” [Tea for the Tillerman] Barenaked Ladies… Read More
Shall we rock a bit? Yes, we shall. This month, let’s look at some music that’s just good straight ahead rock for kids. It’s not, to be clear, all head-banging, and some of the CDs below are certainly varied in styles, but these folks set out to make various flavors of rock records, and that’s what they did. John Carlin & The Kids Music Underground – Welcome to the Kids Music Underground… Read More
Listen to Podcast: HILLTOWN FAMILY VARIETY SHOW Mid-Winter 2009 Episode WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA Saturday mornings from 9-10am 02/07/09 PLAYLIST New Podcasts ♦ Archived Podcasts ♦ Subscribe to Podcast Radio ♦ Facebook ♦ Twitter The Nields – “Aikendrum” [All Together Singing in the Kitchen] The Nields – “Percy on Pluto” [Rock All Day] Lunch Money – “It Only Takes One Night to Make a Balloon Your Friend”… Read More
For the third straight year, I’ve worked with Stefan from Zooglobble.com and Amy from TheLovelyMrsDavis.com to put together a consensus poll of DJs, reviewers, bloggers, and other people who pay a lot of attention to music for kids. The poll is called the Fids & Kamily Awards, and you can see the results at http://www.fidsandkamily.com, along with reviews by a bunch of different writers.
High Concept, High Reward By Bill Childs, HF Contributing Writer CDs aimed at kids are rarely what the industry calls “high concept” – that is, with a Big Theme running throughout, or a clever idea at their core. Sure, you occasionally get the food-themed record or the alphabet/number collections, but rarely anything more than that. This month, a few releases that break the mold and, mostly, pay off with their gamble. Putumayo… Read More
This weeks episode of the Hilltown Family Variety Show is “Back to School.” Here is our podcast and playlist.
Compilations: All too often, as I’ve observed before (and as you’ve likely noticed), they’re leftovers or donated rarities that should have stayed rare. No matter how good the cause, the “unreleased track” from your favorite band frequently turns out to be something left over from a high school battle of the bands.
HILLTOWN FAMILY VARIETY SHOW Water Cycle Episode WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA Tuesday evening @ 7pm 11/20/07 Playlist listen now | subscribe to podcast | archived shows | contests Milkshake – “Rain Day” [Bottle of Sunshine] Scott Flory – “PSA for Rain” [Soundzania] Lunch Money – “Umbrella” [Silly Reflection] Dan Zanes & Friends – “Weather Report” [Rocket Ship Beach] Charity and the JAMband – “Weather Report”… Read More
The event was not a contest, but rather a review. Not to say that there wasn’t a lot of “buzz” around a few designs. The kids (our “Official Reviewers”) were very attracted to stars, guitars and vivid colors, especially Ben Rudnick & Friends tie-dyed guitar playing alien design, along with the Sippy Cups‘ robot design.
Beware, oh people-who-go-to-huge-rock-festivals. There’s an intruder. And, if you’re paying attention to where you’re reading this (and you look like you are), you’ll guess who it is … Kids’ musicians! (Cue the piercing violin notes a la Psycho.)
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