Funky Kidz Music

FUNKY KIDZ -- is a unique musical compilation, featuring covers of classic children’s songs (think “Zip a Dee Doo Dah” and “Yellow Submarine”), funkified by by a dozen of New Orleans’ stellar artists. Featured musicians include Ivan Neville of the Neville Brothers; The Radiators; George Porter Jr. of The Meters; Bonerama, who recently performed the National Anthem at the 2008 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans and more.
This recording is about family fun, and the special bond that great music creates between people. It is meant to serve as a conduit between the adult ear and the newly exposed listener. The songs are familiar to kids today and parents of any age. It invokes happy memories of childhood, while exposing children to the rhythmic, high-instrumentation sound that could only come out of the Crescent City.
“The songs are really just disguised as children’s music,” explains Bonerama’s Mark Mullins, “they’re kids songs, but the music is sophisticated and gives kids the opportunity to learn about new genres while jamming out to the songs they know and love.”
As a progressive mother of two, executive producer Lauren Busch Singer was disappointed by the offerings of children’s music and set out to expose her kids to a variety of musical genres. From the time they were in her belly, she played everything from hard rock to classical ballads. Her sons, Jake, 9 (assistant producer) and Aidan, 6, took a love to the upbeat New Orleans sound and so the concept was born: “Take kids songs and just make them funky.”
The consulting producer is grammy winner Tracey Freeman, most noted for producing over a dozen Harry Connick Jr. albums since the early 90’s. The compilation project consultant is award-winning producer Steve Alaimo, co-writer and producer of the Allman Brothers "Melissa", and producer of Stephen Sills, Jimmy Cliff, Inner Circle and others.