03 Feb Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ is the Empowering Song I Need Right Now
Miley Cyrus' new single 'Flowers' is exactly the tune we needed this Valentine's Day. ...
Babies
04 Nov Los Angeles Couple Kaelie and Nate Highfield, Inspired by Parenthood, Create Paper Rainbows
Los Angeles songwriters Nate and Kaelie Highfield already had successful careers in writing for shows like Tumbleleaf and Llama Llama when they gave birth to their daughter, Juniper, in October 2020. Parenthood took their music to another dimension. ...
15 Oct Tiff Randol, aka IAMEVE, on the ‘Unnerving’ Emotions of Pregnancy and Creating a Musical Motherhood Community
By Marisa Torrieri Bloom “I can hear you … I can feel you breathing,” Tiff Randol, the artist known as IAMEVE, sings with bittersweet longing, her voice filling the airwaves with goddess energy in an epic, windswept electronic soundscape. These are the first few minutes of “Unnerving,”...
25 Feb Balancing Band Life and Raising Boys: How Much is Too Much of a Good Thing?
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom Five years ago, having a few moments to myself to strum my guitar — without getting interrupted by a toddler — was a bit of a miracle. Fast forward to 2020 and my two young sons are no longer toddlers. They’re 6- and...
15 Apr Hospital’s New Pacifier-Activated Lullaby Device Improves Reflexes for Premature Newborns
The soothing power of lullabies is undisputed, and now a few lucky new parents have an even greater incentive to belt out Bob Marley songs. UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital recently began testing pacifier-activated lullaby (PAL) device, which plays parents’ recorded lullabies whenever the baby successfully sucks on the...
10 Apr Sukey Molloy Discusses ‘Five Little Oysters’ and Using Music to Engage Children
By Marisa Torrieri Bloom Children’s music artist Sukey Molloy brings joy and music into children’s lives on a regular basis, but when she got her start in 1985, she was more focused on leveraging the power of movement. More than 30 years later, Molloy can’t imagine her...
10 Oct Rockmommy Laurie Berkner’s New Book will Make Your Little Monsters Boogie on Halloween and Beyond
by Marisa Torrieri Bloom Laurie Berkner is no fly-by-night children’s music artist. My sons, who have loved her since they were toddlers, still regularly sing along to her tunes, particularly “We Are Dinosaurs” and “Monster Boogie.” The latter may just be their favorite, as evidenced by...