Musings on the byways of popular culture
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TMBG are giving away 2 albums today – Flood live in Australia, and My Murdered Remains (2 Cds worth of their song a day). They are trying to sell other products to support their backing band and crew who obviously have not been working much recently – so this is a free promo to advertise them selling off T-shirts etc for tours that never happened. These are on the USA site, not the UK one.
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The greatest living American band (no, you piss off!) are back in a UK town within flying or driving distance to you in 2016*
Jan 27, 2016 Brudenell Social Club Leeds, United Kingdom Jan 28, 2016 Riverside Newcastle, United Kingdom Jan 30, 2016 Limelight 1 Belfast, United Kingdom Jan 31, 2016 O2 ABC (Kids Show) Glasgow, United Kingdom Jan 31, 2016 O2 ABC (Evening Show) Glasgow, United Kingdom Feb 01, 2016 Academy 2 Manchester, United Kingdom Feb 03, 2016 The Junction Cambridge, United Kingdom Feb 04, 2016 O2 Shepherds Bush Empire London, United Kingdom
* also Australia and the USA
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I ask out of ignorance and for information.
1. What are the great, classic, songs for children from England? I mean I know there are nursery rhymes and so on, but is there an English equivalent of say, Pete Seeger, or Burl Ives, who sang traditional and contemporary (at the time) songs just for kids?
2. Are there current writers/performers of children’s songs in the UK? Who are the best ones? For example in the US They Might Be Giants are hugely (and deservedly) popular for their kids’ stuff.
This question actually comes from Mrs M, who is constantly looking for content for her podcast for kids that is not American. You can listen to her podcast here –
http://eastsidefm.org/blogs/catch-it-by-the-tail/
