If you have kids, and you yearn for something a little more musically accomplished than the friggin’ Tweenies or the dulcet duets of Big’n’Small then I can heartily recommend you check out 4 piece retro-rockers Johnny and the Raindrops. I made the acquaintance, musically speaking, of this outfit in the kid’s tent at the recent Riverside Festival in Nottingham. My little lass is three and loved them, and it’s all very listenable for the adult ear as well. It’s all entertain-and-educate stuff with songs about wildlife, the planets, and other child-friendly themes with a few jokes and such in there to appeal to the bigger kids (i.e. parents).
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| Johnny and The Raindrops. Pirate mode, Yarrrrr! |
They have CDs, they tour and their live show kept our energetic tyke occupied and attentive for a full hour. My personal favourite number was the five little punk rock fingers. It’s all delightfully whimsical, childhood friendly, and features old school rock & roll with a big double bass. And they wear nylon capes. What more can you want out of life when you are three? Or indeed thirty three...
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