It's that time again, time to update
my list of new and upcoming releases. As always, if I've listed you on here and gotten something wrong (or something not ready for primetime), let me know and I'll change/delete it. And if you're not on here and think you should be, drop me a line, too, and I'll get you added for the next iteration.
ScribbleMonster:
Look Both Ways (Feb. 15)
Rockabye Baby:
Lullaby Renditions of Weezer(Feb. 15)
Ella Jenkins:
A Life of Song (Feb. 22)
Putumayo (Various Artists):
Acoustic Dreamland (Feb. 22)
Readeez:
Readeez Vol. 3: Knowledge is Good (February)
Moey's Music Party:
Playground Rock Star and
Happily Ever Moey! (DVD, both February)
Gustafer Yellowgold:
Gustafer Yellowgold's Infinity Sock (Mar. 1)
David Weinstone:
All I Want (Mar. 8)
Groove Kid Nation:
The Wheels on the Bus (Mar. 8)
Maria Sangiolo:
Planting Seeds (Mar. 13)
Jamie Broza:
I Want a Dog (Mar. 15)
Doni Zasloff Thomas:
Shabbat Shaboom! (Mar. 22)
Lucky Diaz:
Title TBA (March)
Debbie and Friends:
Story Songs and Sing Alongs (DVD) (March)
Billy Kelly:
The Family Garden (April 5)
Joanie Leeds:
What a Zoo! (April 12)
Daddy A Go Go (aka John Boydston):
Grandkid Rock (April 19)
Eric Herman:
The Elephant (DVD, national release April)
Randy Kaplan:
Mr. Diddie Wah Diddie (April)
Brady Rymer:
Title TBA (April)
Rockabye Baby:
Lullaby Renditions of Jimi Hendrix and the Flaming Lips (those are two separate Spring releases)
Recess Monkey:
Flying (June 14)
Milkshake:
Title TBA plus Holiday Album Title TBA (Fall 2011)
Other 2011 albums: Ah-Choo, Peter Apel, Rocknoceros, Funky Mamas, Dan Zanes, Hipwaders, Big Don, Charlie Hope, Mr. Richard, Chuck Cheesman. Also, Roackabye Baby for Van Halen, The Police, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Madonna.
Forty years ago today, ABC debuted The Point!, a cartoon with a story and music by Harry Nilsson. When the album was released later that year, it was arguably the first mid-career kids music album released by a major pop/rock musician. As an album, it still holds up many years later, everyone from the Barenaked Ladies to Adam Levy to Todd McHatton have cited Nilsson and The Point! as inspiration. The Asylum Street Spankers covered Nilsson on Mommy Says No!. And I think it's fitting we're celebrating that movie about someone making their way in a new world the same day we're world-premiering a video about someone making their way in a new world -- Gustafer Yellowgold is very much a spiritual heir to Oblio.
So in honor of Harry, here are a couple songs from the cartoon...
Harry Nilsson - "Think About Your Troubles" [YouTube]
