AccuWeather & Spotify Present ‘Climatunes’ Playlists
AccuWeather and Spotify join forces to present customized playlists to your location and weather conditions, based on the trends of 85 billion previous streams.
Continue ReadingAccuWeather and Spotify join forces to present customized playlists to your location and weather conditions, based on the trends of 85 billion previous streams.
Continue ReadingBe creative with your kids and write a holiday song parody based on a fandom character. Here’s a step by step guide to songwriting that will bring some laughter to your family this season.
Continue ReadingHere is a collection of the best non-traditional holiday music not played on your regular radio stations. It’s a blend of parodies (remixes of traditional songs, either new lyrics applied to Christmas carol music or the Christmasification of a familiar popular song(s)) or original music.
Continue ReadingBy shifting contexts, ‘The Hamilton Mixtape’ creates narrative shifts in content creating new perspectives that make the listener complicit in the content’s meaning.
Continue ReadingShopping for gifts for a Hamilton fan? (Or yourself–we won’t tell.) We have plenty of ideas!
Continue ReadingThere’s no “just a dead celebrity” about someone who has touched your life through their work.
Continue ReadingWhy ‘Kinky Boots’ is a musical celebration of white male privilege.
Continue ReadingThe lead vocalist of Evanescence talked with GeekMom about her new album for kids.
Continue Reading“Infinity Plus One” is chill gateway funk…
Continue ReadingPatricia discusses how listening to the ‘Hamilton’ soundtrack during a cross-country road trip in June inspired conversations with her sons about American history.
Continue ReadingCheck out the latest music video for “Sweaty Yeti,” a summertime romp through the park and streets of Seattle.
Continue ReadingHamilton is a history geeks dream come true, but what other Broadway shows have nerdy, quirky, and geeky themes?
Continue ReadingIf you’re one of those “I like all sorts of music” people, Sirius XM is offering a temporary station that might be just for you. ONEderland on channel 18 is playing nothing but one-hit wonders only through May 19 at midnight ET.
Continue ReadingThe perfect pairing for young musicians and scientists, or both.
Continue ReadingOne of Patricia’s favorite things is attending the opera with her sons. She shares tips on sharing it with your kids.
Continue ReadingFrances England is back with her fifth album for kids and families with ‘Explorer of the World.’ Her sunny, sweet voice is paired with toe-tapping beats and a topic kids are very interested in: the everyday world around them.
Continue ReadingLate record producer Sir George Martin had a monumental impact on popular music, turning rock music into a relatively respected art form through his work with the Beatles and others.
Continue ReadingMy name is called and I step on stage. My friends have had their turns, and the mood is festive. I’ve never sung karaoke, and the idea of singing off key and thoroughly humiliating myself in front of people I know is mortifying.
Continue ReadingEven before I saw the latest Coldplay/Beyoncé video, I had learned of the outcry against their cultural appropriation and misrepresentation of India. So I watched it, ready to roll my eyes at the blatant stereotypes and stew in my outrage.
Continue ReadingIt was an experiment for all concerned. I had no idea that I was going to be completely blown away.
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