 Randy's third not-JUST-for-kids CD, The Kids Are All Id, won top honors from NAPPA, their Gold Award, was voted a Top Five CD in the NICKELODEON Parents' Picks Awards, and appeared on the Top Ten CDs of 2010 lists of FIDS & KAMILIES, TIME OUT NEW YORK KIDS, ZOOGLOBBLE, OWTK, and FAMILY MAN ONLINE (where it was awarded the #1 slot)! "For all of its ability to capture children's perspectives and parents' experiences this (album) is one of the best I have ever heard. You need to hear it too." - Family Man Online Upcoming Shows: 5/12 - Los Angeles, CA 6/10 - Los Angeles, CA 7/19, 20, & 21 - Sag Harbor, NY 8/11 & 12 - Los Angeles, CA 8/26 - Topanga Canyon, CA Click HERE for the full concert schedule. Randy's fourth not-JUST-for-kids CD, Mr. Diddie Wah Diddie, will be released by myKaZoo Music and Universal Music this summer! Stay Tuned for Details! Find Randy now on myKaZooTV! PRAISE FOR RANDY’S NOT-ONLY-FOR-KIDS MUSIC: (for full reviews go to PRESS/REVIEWS) "There are no weak spots on this CD or on any of Kaplan's past CDs nor will there be, I predict, on any of his future CDs. This guy is what makes children and family music listenable and cool." - BALTIMORE'S CHILD Part rockin' jams, part comedy act, Randy Kaplan is hilarious! The title track of this CD will make you LOL... It's a song every parent of a toddler (and beyond!) can relate to! (Oh, and the kids dig him, too!)" - NICKELODEON PARENTS' PICK CD REVIEW "Super storyteller/singer Randy Kaplan is no ordinary kids' music performer... On his latest CD he has my kids asking me to explain Freud, the definition of Hebrew terms, and even why someone might be happier with no money… My favorite song on the CD, "The Kid is All Id," is a sort of parental rap for anyone who has lived through the toddler years. It includes the best, most-surprising reference to weaning that had me spit-laugh the first time I heard it." - COOL MOM PICKS "The Kids Are All Id is Randy Kaplan's best album yet, and shows Kaplan's greatest strength -- his ability to listen to and interact with the kids who are his audience and to turn that into stories in song." - ZOOGLOBBLE "Roots rocker Randy Kaplan is one of those happy-they-exist people you can't quite tell is playing kids' music. And yet he is." -NEW YORK MAGAZINE “He doesn’t dumb it down for the kids… He just expects them to come along for the ride. And they do.” -TIME OUT NEW YORK KIDS "Singer/storyteller Randy Kaplan crafts a brassy, old-timey collection... (Loquat Rooftop) showcases Kaplan's bluesy storytelling. (top 10 Children's CDs of 2008)" -NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (NPR) “One of the most exciting newcomers to kids’ music since Dan Zanes.” -PARENTING MAGAZINE "Randy Kaplan hits the mark with his first release for kids… We love (it)." -NEW YORK MAGAZINE "Kaplan's tunes are humorous yet sincere with characters who dance happily in your imagination. He is the John Prine of the children's music scene." -OUT WITH THE KIDS "Kaplan's original songs… are as imaginative and rambling as a preschooler, and musically brilliant." -THE LOVELY MRS. DAVIS "Kaplan is a national treasure who brings a sly wink to the art of kid’s music." -THE BROOKLYN PAPER "Kaplan carries his eclectic interests in roots rock, folk, blues, standards, and theater onto this CD… (He) is a musician bravely taking kids to a textured world of music history and contemporary inventiveness." -FAMILY MAN ONLINE PRAISE FOR RANDY’S NOT-REALLY-FOR-KIDS MUSIC: (for full reviews go to PRESS/REVIEWS) "Randy Kaplan does amazing James Taylor–meets-banjo covers of Nirvana… and Grandmaster Flash… Nuff said; go check this guy out." -TIME OUT NEW YORK "Kaplan makes us smile as he points out hypocrisy… (He crafts) exceptionally tender songs (and) pens understated tunes that, the more we hear them, eventually evolve into anthems." -NEWSDAY "Kaplan mixes… social commentary with more personal observation… bloody good music, pure and simple… the real deal!” -TOXIC PETE "(Kaplan's) lyrics don't underestimate their listener's intelligence, being literate and occasionally not a little highbrow… (He) is a craftsman in the tradition of Paul Simon.” -AMERICANA-UK "Randy's literary yet accessible songs capture ambivalence and investigate the inner lives of human beings in the tradition of Leonard Cohen or Stephen Sondheim." -KRISELEN "The stories (Randy) sings wind and twist away from the ordinary and toward refreshing new ideas often humorous and bizarre… never predictable." -THE INDEPENDENT "Kaplan sings of modern romance, male neuroses, and quirky character studies with the off-kilter viewpoint of a man who appreciates the blurred edges as much as the finer points… (His) self-effacing lyrics make you laugh, cry and blush at their honest simplicity." -THE BOTTOM LINE "(Kaplan's) songs display keen psychological insight… His emotional range is broad, running the gamut from uplifting to bleak." -THE MATTRESS "Recurrent in (Kaplan's) songs is his flashing sense of humor, a humor which is skillfully married to a bitter sense of reality... Of course it is comical. But it is also far more: it is tragic and at the same time, comes from a wisdom, a knowledge of the falsity at the heart of many human endeavors." -KONTRAST RADIO "It's easy to fall hopelessly in love with Randy Kaplan's music." -SPLENDID MAGAZINE |
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