New Documentary Explores How 'Terminally Uncool' Children's Music, Like "Baby Shark," the Wiggles, Became Sleeper Hits

The film is the newest installment of the Music Box series created by Bill Simmons and directed by award-winning filmmaker Penny Lane. The Music Box series, which debuted on HBO in 2021, is a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Century of Ella Jenkins: Tributes to the First Lady of Children’s Music

To celebrate Ella Jenkins on her hundredth birthday in August, we asked a group of musicians how Ella has inspired them. Sophie Abramowitz In 2007, the Smithsonian recognized Ella Jenkins’s fifty-year ...
The New York Times

Not for Kids Only: 9 Children’s Songs Worth a Listen

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Newsletter Hear tracks from Kermit the Frog, Caspar Babypants, Carole King and more. By Marc Tracy They tell you about the lack of sleep, the tantrums and of ...
Los Angeles Times

Ella Jenkins, celebrated songwriter and ‘First Lady of Children’s Music,’ dies at 100

Ella Jenkins, the prolific, multigenerational musical pioneer who became known as the “First Lady of Children’s Music,” died Saturday. She was 100. The lifetime achievement Grammy Award winner, who ...