Cool Mom Picks – July 16, 2013
“Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke have compiled a totally entertaining group of songs on Pleased To Meet You, a must-have addition to your kindie music collection.”
Read the article here
People Magazine – July 22,2013 Best Kids’ Albums
Zooglobble Article: How I Got Here: Key Wilde (Brian Eno’s Here Come The Warm Jets)
As half of the country-punk (punk-country?) duo Key Wilde & Mr Clarke, the Texas-bred Wilde has produced a couple great albums of often raucous music for families. So Brian Eno — whom I’m most familiar with through his work with the Talking Heads and his album Music for Airports — was not the first artist I expected Wilde to mention in my series featuring kindie musicians talking aout albums that have influenced them as a musician. But here he is, praising Eno for his 1974 album Here Come the Warm Jets , and he explains how that helped set him off on his musical path, and even draws a link between that nearly-40-year-old album and a track off his latest album, the excellent Pleased To Meet You. READ THE ARTICLE
6/3/2013
“I love it when music crosses generations and can get people from all walks of life to sing along to the same tunes”
Parents Magazine – iPad edition – July 2013
Out With The Kids – May 31, 2013
“The punkountry “Pleased To Meet You” is nothing short of brilliant.”
OWTK review here
ZOOGLOBBLE REVIEW 5/24/2013
” I think Pleased To Meet You is fabulous, an energetic blend of Americana and punk, of empathy and third-grade snark”
http://www.zooglobble.com/blog/2013/5/24/review-pleased-to-meet-you-key-wilde-mr-clarke
May 21, 2013
““Kid-friendly”? “Family-music album”? Well, certainly. But some legitimate rock bands would kill to be able to write this stuff.”
“I’m pleased to report that actual humor in children’s music is alive and well in the hands of Key Wilde and Mr Clarke”
http://mrjeff2000.blogspot.com/2013/05/pleased-to-meet-you-key-wilde-and-mr.html
Time Out Chicago Kids March 19, 2013
“There’s something splendid about the simplicity and the space in this duo’s music.”
RISE & SHINE AWARDED PARENT’S CHOICE GOLD MEDAL
“Whimsy, humor, originality, and talent flourish in this zany boardbook packaged CD from the musical duo Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke.”
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