Family Concert featuring Randy Kaplan and Orange Sherbet

Kids Can Groove, a family music site, will be hosting a concert featuring TWO nationally acclaimed musical talents some goodies for the kiddos.**

The main act will feature Randy Kaplan, recently listed by People Magazine in their "8 Cool Kids Albums Now!" piece (in the August 6, 20120 issue) for his new album, "Mr. Diddie Wah Didde." Randy is a Los Angeles stage and film actor, poet, and acclaimed singer and songwriter who blends American Roots, Country Blues, and Comedic Storytelling in his songs for children and their families. He fingerpicks his way through unpredictable live shows which, in addition to original compositions, include Tin Pan Alley gems, Broadway numbers, Delta Blues songs, and Ragtime tunes. He has toured throughout the US and released four children's CDs, one of which,his third release "The Kids Are All Id," won top honors from NAPPA, their Gold Award, and was voted a Top Five CD in the Nickelodeon Parents' Picks Awards.  You can listen to clips from "Mr. Diddie Wah Diddie" here, as well as, view a video of "Ice Cream Man" from the same release at the Kids Can Groove website here. 

The opening act is an award winning Bay Area group by the name of Orange Sherbet who is comprised of 3 talented musicians, 2 of which (Jill and Steve Pierce) will play at the show.  Jill and Steve are also known for their exciting and highly popular music classes and camps through Mary Ann Hall's Music For Children program.  Orange Sherbet’s new CD Delicious is a tasty, jazzed-up, seventeen-song musical celebration of the joys of growing, preparing, and enjoying nourishing, delicious, local, seasonal meals.  Time Out Chicago recently had this to say about Delicious "…...miraculously blended the nearly impossible olio of educational messaging, dazzling musicianship and clever songwriting."  You can view a video of "Springtime," listen to audio clips, learn more about the band and get information on classes here.

So come on out and get your groove on!