Updated: Fids & Kamily Wrapup

Today's archived show is here.

For definitive information, go to Fids & Kamily's website. We have reviews of all of the top ten CDs, links to artist websites, and essays about kids' music.

Update: Totally forgot to mention that we did an interview with Jumping Monkeys (which is a great podcast, by the way) that should be up later today. (End of update.)

To buy the CDs, visit our podcast sponsor The Pokey Pup's special page with all of the records in one place. To reiterate the results:

1. Gustafer Yellowgold - Have You Never Been Yellow?
2. Asylum Street Spankers - Mommy Says No!
3. Terrible Twos - If You Ever See An Owl
4. Peter Himmelman - My Green Kite
5. Hipwaders - Educated Kid
6. Renee & Jeremy - It's a Big World!
7. Jimmies - Make Your Own Someday
8. Various Artists - Play (DeSoto Compilation)
9. Father Goose - It's a Bam Bam Diddly!
10. Recess Monkey - Wonderstuff
11. Sugar Free Allstars - Dos Ninos
12. Various Artists - For the Kids! 3
13. Roger Day - Dream Big!
14. Joe McDermott - Everybody Plays Air Guitar
15. Deedle Deedle Dees - Freedom in a Box

Honorable Mentions (unranked)
Andre 3000 - Class of 3000
Buck Howdy with BB - Chickens!
Dean Jones - Napper's Delight
Mr. David - Jump in the Jumpy House
Uncle Rock - Uncle Rock U

Some notes from me:

My votes were:

1 Freedom in a Box - Deedle Deedle Dees
2 Mommy Says No! -Asylum Street Spankers
3 It's a Big World - Renee & Jeremy
4 Have You Never Been Yellow - Gustafer Yellowgold
5 Educated Kid - Hipwaders
6 Have You Ever Seen an Owl - Terrible Twos
7 Alphabet Songs Vol. III - Steve Weeks
8 Calling All Kids - CandyBand
9 Make Your Own Someday - Jimmies
10 Play - Various Artists (DeSoto)

Boy, it was a hard choice, though. You can see the list of folks I was choosing among here, and there were a lot of records that were almost on that list too. There were nearly eighty albums that got at least one vote from one judge; you can see that list here.

The Fids & Kamily Awards aren't the only kids'-music-related awards being announced today. Our neighbor show, the Hilltown Families Variety Show (also a F&K judge), announced the results of its t-shirt review. You'll see a lot of bands you've heard on our show on the list of picks and submissions; great fun to read.

We're thrilled that number 1 album performer Gustafer Yellowgold will be performing at the Florence Civic Center on December 9 at 4:30.

And thanks to everyone who pledged to Valley Free Radio so far. If you go and contribute and send me a note (show AT sparetherock DOT com) letting me know, I'll send you a great kids' CD as a premium.

Okay, that's it. Gotta go upload the archive for your listening pleasure.