Ben's Playlist - Tuesday, December 21, 2022

Apples on the Sun – The Harmonica Pocket
Lazy Boy – Franz Ferdinand
Loving & Kind – Aaron Nigel Smith
Lo/Hi – The Black Keys
awesome blossom – Caspar Babypants
Anything Can Be A Hat – Ratboy Jr.
Tear My Mask – Randy Kaplan

Ben's Playlist - Monday, December 20, 2021

The Less I Know The Better – Tame Impala
Sand Song – The Harmonica Pocket
Inkpot – Kepi Ghoulie
Clown Shoes – Ratboy Jr.
I Spy – Ants Ants Ants
Village d'Ãtoile – Dog On Fleas
05 supersonic motorcycles – Caspar Babypants

Story Pirates Blast Off With a Wormy New Years Eve

I'm not a fan of worms. I called it a cheap publicity stunt when Elmo's pet wormy Slimy got serenaded by Tony Bennett ("Slimy To the Moon"). But worms made significant contributions to the environment and play an important role in our ecosystem. They are now making inroads into our living rooms and seeking to connect with our children. Grooving grub DJ Squirm-a-Lot is hosting the Story Pirates' second annual New Year's Eve Party ... from the moon (what is it with worms and outer space?). 

Just like a traditional Story Pirates live performance, this interactive improv adventure will involve story creation, songs, games, and special guests from their podcast. DJ Squirm-A-Lot promises to launch the biggest fireworks display ever viewed – explaining his decamping to the moon. The Story Pirates insist that the party will not be interrupted by DJ Squirm-A-Lot's arch-nemesis Yorma the Ice Dragon. But you know how ice dragons can't stand missing a festive gathering.

Because mom and dad may have different plans for midnight, this New Years Eve event is starting at 3 PM ET on Friday, December 31 (A family pass costs $15). There's also a three-day Story Pirates' virtual Creator Camp experience from December 29-31 for $75 which includes the New Years Eve event. During the pandemic (and into 2022 as kids 5-11 now qualify for COVID vaccinations), the Creators Club helped keep nascent minds firing on all cylinders with livestream workshops, radio shows, and podcast bonus activities. The fourth season of their podcast launched last fall and is available on major streaming platforms.

You can find all the information about the New Years Eve event at the Story Pirates website.

Did I forget to mention Story Pirates Radio? The show airs on YouTube. The first episode of "Story Pirates TV" aired in November. Stop kicking yourself if you missed it – I've embedded the video right here:

New Stuff from Oot 'n Oots, Claudia Robin Gunn, and BIRDIE

Have you ever wanted to frolic in the forest whilst singing about the importance of treating others fairly? This "do unto others" attitude is embodied in the song (and new video) from the pride of Canada, the Oot 'n Oots. "The Golden Rule" comes from their recent collection, PONDEROSA BUNCHGRASS AND THE GOLDEN RULE and features the entire band (the Cipes family) surrounded by lush, sepia-toned greenery. The CD heralds back to the mellow-minded 60s tones of Donovan (with a hint of the Byrds thrown in). "The Golden Rule" is a stylistic combination of modern and throwback fun, as you can see by their video:

Traveling in another direction, New Zealand children's recording artist Claudia Robin Gunn has posted a new video for her gentle, winsome song, "Kids In Autumn." The tune springs from her recent collection that features a little blue penguin as his family segues from season to season. Assisted by animator Katrina Maree, Claudia and Little Wild Music deliver original children's material that native New Zealanders can enjoy, while also being exported to the rest of the world. Here's the video:

California musicians Teresa Gasca-Burk and Gary Burk started playing in a rock band together more than 20 years ago. As they started families, they regrouped to write and perform children's music as BIRDIE, recording their first CD in 2003. They've come out of the pandemic with several new songs, including "Come Out And Play" and "You're Awesome," which features a singalong chorus that dares you not to participate, especially on a long car ride. The duo promotes "positive fun" for a complete family experience and has released a new CD, I CHOOSE HAPPY. Find the music of BIRDIE on their website, Spotify, and Apple Music. Here is the band doing a live performance of their song, "Rainbow":

Ben's Playlist - Monday, December 13, 2021

Stars – Ants Ants Ants
Nest – The Harmonica Pocket
'Cause I'm A Man – Tame Impala
Oh Cookie – Ben Tatar and the Tatar Tots
old cookie – Caspar Babypants
Lost And Loving It – Kepi Ghoulie
It's a Miracle – Dog On Fleas

Quick Hits: Strawbitty Yops, Jackie B and the Mini Band, and Ruth and Emilia

Inclusion means everyone, and Strawbitty Yops are all-in. Woody Hill and Cindy Haws-Rice have made music together for nearly 20 years. The Austin, Texas duo are all about songwriting that empowers children and makes them part of the process. Strawbitty Yops (just try googling that term) is a queer-identified family band featuring them, keyboard player Jimmie Estrada, percussionist Salina Estrada, singer Melanie Rose, and Cindy's kids Autumn and Theo. Their new holiday song, "Winter Magic," talks about the delights of sharing an annual family celebration and all its traditions and festivities. You can download the song from Amazon or Apple Music. Here is the video:

Speaking of interactive children's music, New Zealand singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow devised Jackie B and The Mini Band during the lockdown, featuring seven Wakatipu kids aged 7 to 10   innovative musical “lockdown” project by New Zealand-based international singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow has inspired a Christmas collaboration with a group of young Wakatipu singers from Southwest New Zealand. Their original eight-song EP is coming in January from 8 Pound Gorilla Records. In the meantime, we have their first single,"It's Christmas." Truly an international recording, the vocals were recorded in St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Arrowtown, the backing music was recorded and produced in Nashville, and the entire track was mastered at Studios 301 in Sydney, Australia. You can download the song from Amazon, Apple Music, or Spotify.

I confess that real-world responsibilities (such as running a book sale with 30,000 items) precluded me from doing a ton of writing just prior to Hanukkah, so I missed promoting Ruth and Emilia's new video for their "Dreidel Sing Along," featuring Ruth as a dancing dreidel. But even as the holiday has passed, you can still view the song throughout the holiday season! You can grab the song from Amazon or Apple Music and the video is below.

Divinity Roxx: Ready Set Go for Anything

You can't easily fool kids (unless we're talking about Santa Claus, but let's not go there right now). What I mean is, they can tell the difference between cereal that tastes good and cereal that's good for them. The same principle goes for music – if you feed your kids a constant stream of basic super-positive, super-motivational songs, they're going to reject them sooner or later. To address that dilemma, you need a solution that delivers upbeat themes without tasting like medicine. May I present Divinity Roxx, your contemporary antidote to generic, genial children's music.

Divinity spent five years touring and performing with Beyoncé and has produced three albums of music for adults. Her first collection for kids, READY SET GO! dropped this month. No stranger to catchy bass lines, Divinity has a strong affinity for the kind of things that kids enjoy, such as "Saturday," which she emphatically declares is "the best day of the week," assisted by actress/signer Yani Marin. The Alphabet Rockers guest on "Just When You Think," reminding listeners that they're stronger when they "conquer the monster, and don't quit."

The pandemic was a mostly negative one-way drain on families and especially children, who could not always comprehend why they couldn't resume regular activities. READY SET GO! seeks to rebuild confidence and empowerment as kids begin coming out of the darkness (thanks to sensible parents and vaccine mandates, etc). "Be Yourself" advises that "you can't be nobody else." Brooklyn's Fyütch guests on "Feeling Good" with a bulletin that kids "light up a room like a halogen" when they have positive energy. Being surrounded by love is the theme of the multi-lingual "Love Love Love" with Latin Grammy winner 123 Andrés.

The world can be challenging and it's the job of responsible parents to ensure that kids blossom into happy, mentally healthy adults. Divinity Roxx gives your home a friendly dose of beat-driven power pop rock with READY SET GO!

READY SET GO! is available from Divinity Roxx's website, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music.

Here is the video for Divinity Roxx's song, "Ready Set Go":

Leeds Takes Holiday Lead; Organic Xmas From Formidable Veg

Grammy winner Joanie Leeds is feeling festive as winter approaches, having recorded three different songs with diverse collaborators. She and fellow PJ Library alumnus Josh Shriber (of Josh and the Jamtones fame) duet on the dance-inducing "Like A Maccabee," which should be lighting up the SiriusXM Hanukkah Channel this month. 

Fyütch sings on "Winter Wonderland," the holiday chestnut that gets a fresh coat of hiphop for 2021. It's also the first of a promised collection of Christmas tunes written by Jewish performers that's slated for release next year (by the way, "Wonderland" was not written by Irving Berlin – it's by Richard Smith and Felix Bernard). 

The topic of Christmas Eve is covered by Leeds and fellow singer Cheryl B. Engelhardt on "Till Midnight," which is all about trying to stay awake on the final countdown to family excitement, hot chocolate, and a roomful of presents. It's a bouncy paean to childhood and the days when Santa may (or may) not actually exist.

Look for all three songs on Joanie Leeds' website, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music.

Conscious conservationists Formidable Vegetable are also producing environmentally-friendly holiday music. The 8 Lb Gorilla Records artists from Down Under want families to remember that holidays generate much waste, from leftover food to wrapping papers. Keep your children upbeat without spoiling the mood, while promoting recycling and protecting the planet. The band has released "All I Want for Christmas Is Used," with lyrics that endorse a genuine, climate-friendly sentiment:

Edible, homemade, or original
Something indelible
Doesn't need to be physical
Renovate, compatible, for a planet that is liveable

Keep your children upbeat without spoiling the mood, while promoting recycling and protecting the planet. Formidable Vegetable cares – and shares – their wishes for a sustainable future.

Grab "All I Want for Christmas Is Used" from the band's website, Amazon, and Spotify.

Ben's Playlist - Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Reality In Motion – Tame Impala
The Kiss Of Venus – Paul McCartney
Sing Your Song – The Harmonica Pocket
Fanga Alafia – Aaron Nigel Smith
sunny summer sun – Caspar Babypants
The Breakfast Song (Start It Right) – Ben Tatar and the Tatar Tots

Ben Tatar Believes You Are What You Eat

If you are what you eat, then Bet Tatar is a plate of delicious, silly treats. His band, Ben Tatar & the Tatar Tots, are addicted to food even worse than Weird Al Yankovic, with songs that celebrate and romanticize the allure of a diverse banquet plate stocked with jambalaya, peanut butter, cake, pizza, and broccoli. Like the movie "Fight Club," the Tatar Tots have one rule – only songs about food. That rule is fully followed on their second collection, SECONDS.

Tatar serves up his collection of confections with a surfeit of musical styles, from Tony Bennett/big band numbers "Peanut Butter" and "Bake Me a Cake" to rhumba on "Back To the Buffet," which gives him the opportunity to run through a whole roomful of breakfast selections. Parents will appreciate the skill with which Tatar weaves his menu, giving kids a subliminal musical education as they snicker to the deep thoughts of "Can You Write a Song About Broccoli."

Tatar first deep-fried his Tatar Tots in 2014 with an album entitled FOOD! As opposed to a standard ensemble of 3-4 band members, the Tatar Tots cast a wide net that encompasses more than 30 different musicians, including Chicago's renowned LowDown Brass Band and the funk trio, Spare Parts. The freewheeling nature of the performers adds to the infectious feel of the material, as on the album opener "Jambalaya":

One fork, one spoon, one bowl

This flavor sends a melody through my soul

I got music to play all night

And a mighty big appetite

Grab a napkin, grab a plate, let's go

Tatar presented weekly Facebook Live musical variety shows during the pandemic, highlighting his collection of unusual instruments. His shows were featured in an NPR list of recommended virtual programming for quarantined kids and families. With SECONDS, Tatar is bursting (not just his waistline) to show off his 2021 appetizers, entrees, and desserts. Your kids will come back for more.

SECONDS is available from Ben Tatar's website, Amazon, Spotify, and Apple Music.

Here is the video of the audio for the band's song, "Lemonade":

Twinkle Time Keeps It Moving (Video Premiere); Magic from Triple Rainbow

When Twinkle Time (Alitzah Weiner Dallas) wants kids to dance, it's hard for them to say no. And if they're saying no, you probably won't hear them because they're already dancing and don't even realize it. She has released a new video to "Let's Keep It Movin' / El Bailongo," the fifth single from her 2021 family album, "A MI ME GUSTA SER YO / IT'S OK TO BE ME." The video moves fast (literally, as it's 2:02 total time) with Twinkle gyrating with her backup crew and a support band that looks almost way too happy to be there. Your kids will defy all expectations if they don't dance or sing along.

Twinkle hosts a two-hour biweekly children's music Top 20 Countdown. Artists on her shows have included Divinity Roxx, Backstreet Boys, Nathalia, Erin Lee and the Up Past Bedtime Band, and way too many to list. The shows can be downloaded as a podcast from Apple, Audible, Podbean, and iHeart.

Here is the world premiere of "Let's Keep It Movin'." You can also find the Spanish version on Twinkle's YouTube channel.

  A near-perfect encapsulation of children using their imagination during the pandemic is "You Are Magic," the new song from Triple Rainbow, the family music project that's the brainchild of Jared Mees, the co-founder of the independent record label Tender Loving Empire. 

Do you want to be an astronaut? A race car driver? A dinosaur? Mees and his kids, July (9) and Piper (4), have created 15 songs for YOU ARE MAGIC, their upcoming debut CD. The title track depicts all of the above (and more) right in the family's backyard, reminding kids that "your brain is better than an iPad or a TV." You can find the song on  on Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify, and www.tenderlovingempire.com.

Here is the video for "You Are Magic":

Easy Breezy Farewell to Caspar Babypants

It's difficult to say goodbye, which is why it was tough to write a final piece about Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew) on the release of his decisive CD, EASY BREEZY! It's the 19th (!) and last collection from the former frontman of Seattle's The Presidents of the United States, who turned to children's music 12 years ago and cultivated more than 360 silly, sneaky earworms over the course of his recordings (nearly one per day for a calendar year).

Ballew decided to postpone the inevitable and pushed EASY BREEZY! into 2021 (from a planned fall 2020 release). It wasn't that he just couldn't say goodbye as much as he wanted to perform some final kids' concerts and let his young listeners down in an easy breezy manner. You're not going to find tremendous social messaging on a Caspar Babypants CD. Instead, it's all about clever wordplay ("Awesome Blossom"), twanging guitars ("Spooky Baby"), genre-bending ("Caterpillar Jazz"), and kid-tastic concepts ("Put This Monkey to Bed"). Ballew even delves into his own childhood on "When I Was Little."

EASY BREEZY! offers an appropriate coda to the impressive recording history of Caspar Babypants, which curious inquires like "What If?" addressing children's questioning everything around them, "Weird Weird Dream" sharing the powers of our subconscious, and "The Ballad of the Babypants" explaining the magic powers behind a special piece of clothing. 

I have to mention the five Caspar Babypants books written by Ballew and illustrated by his wife, Kate Endle. Each features a CP song that goes with the book, such as "Penguin on A Scooter." Click here for more information on the books. Ballew is shifting his musical focus to more ambient sound. His new website has a full playlist of songs.

Ballew turned to kids' music in 2008, right around the time I jumped into the fray with regular coverage of the industry. If there's ever a Hall of Fame for kid's music, I want to throw my hat into the ring to induct Caspar Babypants as a first-ballot inductee. His songs fill a sweet spot between frivolous and poignant, with a timelessness and specificity that makes him easy to identify yet hard to quantify. My younger son's class performed a dance to POTUS's "Volcano" a few years ago and it was just perfect – whatever double entendré might have been implied was consumed by the sheer fun of the selection. It's hard to say goodbye to an old friend. But with nearly 200 recorded tunes, Caspar Babypants has generated plenty of easy, breezy content that kids will enjoy for years to come. 

EASY BREEZY is available from Caspar Babypants' website, Amazon, Spotify, and Apple Music.

Here is the video for the song, "Wild Wide Time":

Ben's Playlist - Monday, November 22, 2021

The Moment – Tame Impala
Village d'Ãtoile – Dog On Fleas
It's A Wonderful Life – Kepi Ghoulie
I Got the Greens – Ben Tatar and the Tatar Tots
02 i am a loose balloon – Caspar Babypants
Go – The Black Keys

Holiday Quick Hits: Jazzy Ash, Itty Bitty Beats, Genevieve Goings

It's November and that means it's time for the annual cavalcade of holiday songs. First up this season is Jazzy Ash (Ashli St. Armant) with two tracks. Ashli's favorite Kringling jingle is "Zat You, Santa Claus," known for many versions including the incomparable Louis Armstrong. 

Raised in New Orleans where she absorbed the musical milieu of the bayou, the Los Angeles queer mom of two has also released a new track, "Fly Through the Sky." Inspired by Ella Fitzgerald and the classic instrumental music of Disney musical movies, it's a big band flashback to another time. 

Find both songs on Jazzy Ash's website, Apple Music, and Spotify.

Lucy Hiku and Jenny Payne, otherwise known as New Zealand's Itty Bitty Beats, have also dropped three disparate Christmas tunes. We're more than 60 years from the heyday of the Andrews Sisters, but the Beats pursue boogie woogie harmonies on "Rockin’ Rollin’ Reindeer." 'Their "Ring the Bells" could have been an outtake from a Rankin-Bass holiday special, celebrating that 'tis much bell-ringing, such as church bells and sleigh bells, at this time of year. Their winter lullaby "Little Snowflake" can be sung to to the tune of "Frère Jacques" and features vocals from Jenny’s son, Lachie.

All three songs will be available on the Itty Bitty Beats' website, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music.

Pretty soon it's going to be time to stop referring to Genevieve Goings as "formerly from Disney's Choo Choo Soul." She adds to his resumé of solo music with her new holiday-themed EP, VERY MERRY, from 8 Lb Gorilla Records. Perfect for decorating the tree, making cookies, or burning off that frenetic energy on Christmas Eve, the five songs give an overview of family and fun during the winter season. Standouts include "Crazy for Christmas Lady" and "Sweeter Than a Candy Cane" (which refers to "your love is...").

Find VERY MERRY on Genevieve Goings' website, Amazon, Spotify, and Apple Music.

Ben's Playlist - Monday, November 15, 2021

The Less I Know The Better – Tame Impala
Finally – Franz Ferdinand
White Whale – Kepi Ghoulie
Lo/Hi – The Black Keys
It's a Miracle – Dog On Fleas
01 babies all over the world – Caspar Babypants
Peanut Butter – Ben Tatar and the Tatar Tots

Holiday Tunes from Raffi & Lindsay Munroe and Laurie Berkner Band

The holidays are upon us and so it the annual onslaught of performers eager to generate "timeless, perennial content" for generations of listeners. Children's music icon Raffi has teamed with protogé Lindsay Munroe on a duet of the classic tune, “Silver Bells.” Originally performed solo on Raffi's Christmas album, Munroe was eager to add her vocals on a new recording with her mentor.

The due met backstage at a Raffi concert in Boston, where Munroe explained how – as a mother to three children with autism– she used music as a tool to teach and connect with her kids. Munroe also performs at libraries and pre-schools and runs "Sing-Along with Lindsay" on YouTube. That conversation led to Raffi producing her first CD as well as a followup earlier this year.

Find the song on Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon. You can hear "Silver Bells" on this video below.

Speaking of iconic children's music performers, Laurie Berkner segued from Halloween directly into Hanukkah season. There's a bit of "hurry-up" this year, as the Jewish holiday starts on the Sunday night of Thanksgiving weekend (fun for my younger son, whose birthday falls on November 24).

The Laurie Berkner Band (Susie Lampert, Brady Rymer, and Bobby Golden) have recorded a new, high energy version of the chestnut "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel." For many of us, this would fall under the "equal time" doctrine, as Berkner recorded a whole Christmas holiday album a few years ago.

Let's not cast aspiration at this festive holiday of lights and celebrate a fast-moving rendition of the popular kids' favorite. Honestly, there are fewer well-known Hanukkah tunes and anytime a popular performer steps into the studio, it's a welcome addition to any playlist. Your kids can also look forward to another set of Laurie Berkner livestreamed holiday concerts on Saturday, December 18 at noon and 5 PM ET. Click here for concert info.

You can grab "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" from Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music.

Vivian Fang Liu Belongs With the Kids

Classical trained pianist Vivian Fang Lui emigrated to New York at age 15. After graduating from NYU, she continued her studies but also began performing and teaching. Vivian spent her pandemic year giving Zoom lessons and livestreaming musical experiences with her students but became concerned at the escalating number of anti-Asian hate crimes.

Vivian turned her attention to producing SHAPE OF CROWNS, her first children’s album, focusing on breaking Asian American stereotypes and promoting Asian contributions to science, technology, and the arts. Similar to how kid-hop artists such as SaulPaul and Pierce Freelon espouse that kids should be proud of their Black upbringing, Vivian delivers that message to Asian American children with songs such as "Bruce Lee Doesn't Like Math" and "Belong." 

On "Silence," co-written with Grammy winner Jon Samson, Vivian uses the dichotomy of sheet music, which has its silences, against the tranquility that kids sometimes need to center themselves during tough times. "Belong" features the voices of some of Vivian's students and practically demands that every Asian child stand up and be proud of themselves, pointing out the accomplishments of Asians (a concept akin to Freelon's "Black Women in History"):

Plus, science - some of our inventions are the finest
Eric Yuan created Zoom, kept us connected through the Virus
Patrick Soon Shiung is a transplant surgeon
Who made a drug to help cancer patients through their hurtin'
So every Asian kid just stand up now
Don’t hide who you are, be yourself and be proud

Vivian deftly celebrates her Chinese upbringing on songs like "Happy Birthday Mama," explaining that open expressions of affection are not as commonplace in Asian culture. "Eight Immortals Soaring Over the Sea" is filled with imagery evocative of the anime of such filmmakers as Hayao Miyazaki. Throughout the eight tracks, Vivian delivers euphoric classical piano tracks that give SHAPE OF CROWNS a distinctive feel. Much like Elena Moon Park, Vivian demonstrates that Asian voices are an important portion of the children's music scene. 

You can hear SHAPE OF CROWNS on Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music.

Here is the video for Vivian's song, "Belong":

 

Ben's Playlist - Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Summer's Here – The Bazillions
Lazy Boy – Franz Ferdinand
One – Aaron Nigel Smith
I'm an Optimist – Dog On Fleas
Clown Shoes – Ratboy Jr.
White Whale – Kepi Ghoulie

Ben's Playlist - Monday, November 8, 2021

Winter Bird / When Winter Comes – Paul McCartney
One Of The Boys – Huey Lewis & The News
New Pair Of Shoes – The Bazillions
Buenos Dias – The Lucky Band
Anything Can Be A Hat – Ratboy Jr.
Lost And Loving It – Kepi Ghoulie
Doppelganger – Dog On Fleas

New Danny Weinkauf Video; Best of Sharon, Lois & Bram

Danny Weinkauf and the Red Pants Band have a new video for "Nouns," a song from their most recent collection, WORDS. Proper language and word usage is the theme of the CD, giving it cachet into the education system (which Danny first accomplished as the bassist for They Might Be Giants on their kid-friendly "Here Come..." series of releases). On "Nouns," Danny shares vocals with bandmate Tina Kenny Jones, his wife Michelle and son Kai. And yes, their names are all proper nouns, as explained in the tune. The video was directed and animated by David Cowles, who also designed the video with Richard Nickel (assisted by Jeremy Galante).

WORDS is available from Danny Weinkauf's website, Amazon, Spotify, and Apple Music. 

Here is the video for "Nouns":

Americans had Mr. Rogers. Canadians had Sharon, Lois and Bram. Contemporary musician Josh Lovelace has cited their works as influential on his family recordings, as their first CBC kids' program "The Elephant Show" was carried on American television on Nickelodeon through 1996. A followup show, "Skinnamarink TV," also reached American shores on the Learning Channel until 1999.

The popular children's musical trio unfortunately became a duo in 2000 when Lois Lilenstein retired from full-time performing after the death of her husband. Sharon and Bram soldiered on, with Lois appearing occasionally. They are still active, even after Lois passed in 2015. Now the full trio is being revisited with a greatest hits collection called BEST OF THE BEST LIVE.

The CD is filled with chestnuts such as "Old King Cole," "The Hucklebuck" (familiar to most fans of the Honeymooners), and "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?" You also get a taste of some songs with what would be considered risque titles nowadays, for example "Dirty Old Bill," "I Am Slowly Going Crazy," and "Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor."

BEST OF THE BEST LIVE is a mellow beginner's introduction to Sharon, Lois, and Bram and a certain treat for nostalgia fans. Sharon now tours with her daughter, Randi Hampson (joined occasionally by Bram) and look forward to getting back on the road to entertain Canadian audiences.

BEST OF THE BEST LIVE is available through Sharon, Lois, and Bram's website, Amazon, and Apple Music.

Here is a video of the trio performing, "Skinnamarink":