The Big Time Tot Rock band played to our biggest crowd yet - 650 rockin' kids and families at the Mountain View Library. Laurie Peck, the librarian "impresario" who organized the show, had these kind words:
"Thank you for a really lovely concert. Karin and I agreed it was your best
yet! From the first notes you had the children engaged and dancing.
It‘s truly a family show –
lots of participation with old favorites and fun new songs for the
When singer-songwriter Alison Faith Levy performs, her audience's receptiveness is quite obvious.
She
tells The Daily News, "When I see a huge crowd all crawling around on
the ground like zoo animals, that thrills me to no end."
The Big Time Tot Rock band will be everywhere this summer and fall, we have some incredible shows coming up. Check the Shows page for details!!
Our January Starry Day Matinee show with The Hipwaders was off-the-hook fun, these girls were beyond adorable! Hope to see you all March 24 at Ashkenaz for the last show of our winter/spring season!!
Librarians take note: World of Wonder is now available through two school & library distributors in the US - Midwest Tape and AV Cafe. Stock up now!
Alison and her Sippy Cups bandmate Rudy Trubitt were recently tapped to write and record a song for Science Fair, a compilation released by Spare the Rock Records to benefit science and engineering education for girls, which recently won the Parents' Choice Gold Award. They came up with “Déjà Vu”, a witty little ditty about that very strange psychic phenomenon. The CD features such kindie rock luminaries as Elizabeth Mitchell, Lunch Money, Laura Veirs, Frances England, and indie rock superstars Mates of State.
Parents Magazine has chosen "Like a Spinning Top" as one of their songs of the month in the June iPad edition of the magazine! Here's what they have to say about the song:
Note of Warning: Don't play Alison Faith Levy's "Like a Spinning Top" before bedtime. The high-energy song will definitely get your child (and you) up on your feet.
Legendary music journalist Greil Marcus has chosen Alison's "Itsy Bitsy Spider" as his number one pick in this month's Real Life Rock Top Ten in The Believer Magazine!
