This musical recording is a compilation of classic children’s songs, familiar to both kids today and parents of yesteryear.  The songs are meant to invoke happy memories of childhood for everyone, while exposing children to the funky, high-instrumentation sound that oozes out of the Crescent City.

As a funky mother of two, I was disappointed by the offerings of children’s music and set out to expose my kids to a variety of musical genres.  From the time they were in my belly, I played everything from hard rock to classical ballads.  My sons, Jake, 9 (assistant producer) and Aidan, 5, took a love to New Orleans funk and so the concept was born… take kids songs and just make them funky.

So here it is. . .play it in the car, at home or wherever you want and jam out with your children; they’ll love it and trust us, you will too!

Executive Producer and Funky Mama,

Lauren Busch Singer

FUNKY KIDZ
is the winner of the
 2008 Creative Child Preferred Choice Award
for classic children's cd

Latest News:

From the Sun Sentinal

"...Earlier this year, Singer, of North Miami Beach, produced Funky Kidz, a collection of classic children's tunes interpreted by an elite group of Crescent City musicians. With contributions from bands such as Bonerama, Papa Grows Funk and Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, as well as legendary artists Walter "Wolfman" Washington and George Porter Jr., Funky Kidz boasts sizzling grooves; umbrella-raising, second-line rhythms and more brass than a meeting of Pentagon generals."
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From Playgrounds Magazine

"...Putting together a children's album that won't cause parents to cover their ears and roll their eyes isn't easy. What appeals to a child doesn't necesarily appeal to an adult's ears, but executive producer Lauren Busch (herself a mother of 2) and consulting producer Tracey Freeman have hit on a straightforward concept that works: Take kids songs and make them funky." Read the full article here >>

From OffBeat Magazine
Kids’ Stuff
By John Swenson

Children’s music isn’t just about children anymore. Today’s kids music records are also made with adults in mind, and not just in the “why don’t you play something we can all listen to?” sense. But a new children’s record, Funky Kidz, put together by a class of ’93 Tulane graduate, gives a different twist to the idea. Lauren Busch Singer, a mother of two boys age six and nine, tried to figure out what kind of music her kids wanted to listen to before they were even born. She played children’s records, heavy metal, jazz, classical, rock and lullabies, but realized that her fetal music fans responded best to the New Orleans music she listened to for her own enjoyment. “George Porter, Jr.’s ‘Happy Song’ was the first tune my boys recognized when they were infants,” Busch Singer recalls. “The minute they fussed, I played the tune and they smiled.” Read More >>

From CoveringtheMouse.com

"Funky Kidz hit the streets March 4th -- the only day of the year which is also a military command, and thus the perfect day to launch this exquisite hi-stepping street parade -- and it's already been touted by musical critics from kidbloggers to Jambase as the best thing to hit the kid's music rack for years." Read More >>

From Jambase.com

"Not since Garcia and Grisman's Not for Kids Only (1993) has there been a kids collection likes this. Funky Kidz (released March 4 by ASAP Productions) is a project that manages to capture a spirit that most children's music is sorely lacking – genuine funk." Read More >>

From KidsMusicThatRocks Blog:

"Normally, I steer clear of any children's CD that uses "z"s at the ends of words ... more often than not it's an artist's overcompensation for not being as hip as they want to be....this album totally blows that theory out of the water: Funky Kidz funks the crap out of three old-school Disney songs, a couple Wizard of Oz tunes, a Beatles song, some public domain oldies, and an obscure David Mallet composition. Guar-an-teeeed to get the Preschool party started!" Read More >>

From Baby Loves Disco (babylovesdisco.com)
With jazz fest on the horizon it's a great time to spoon feed your kids some funky kidz is a new musical compilation featuring classic kids songs we all know and love. Read More >>

From RadioJohnson.com

Written by dj freesoul
Monday, 17 December 2007 04:20
Funky Kidz is a compilation of children's classics we all know and love performed by some of the finest New Orleans artists. The album features several artists regularly played on Radio Johnson, including The Radiators, Walter Wolfman Washington and the Roadmasters and Ivan Neville with Dumpstaphunk. Read the full article >>

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