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Randy's new CD, THE KIDS ARE ALL ID, is available
at live shows, in stores, and online now!
"What kid hasn’t experienced the getting-left-with-the-babystitter blues? A story-song with humor, vivid imagery and a teenage girl’s voice so spot-on you’ll spit coffee the first time you hear it, "Don’t You Leave Me Here" may end up being as beloved a tune as "No Nothing" in Kaplan’s impressive all-ages oeuvre." -
Out With The Kids
Upcoming Shows:
Portland, OR - 9/11
San Francisco, CA - 10/2
New York, NY - 10/9
West Chester, PA - 10/10
Click HERE for the full concert schedule.
Click HERE to view Mindsmack TV's animated video
of Randy's song "The Ladybug Without Spots."
Peruse Randy's YouTube channel HERE.
MORE PRAISE FOR RANDY’S NOT-ONLY-FOR-KIDS MUSIC:
(for full reviews go to PRESS/REVIEWS)
"The Kids Are All Id is Randy Kaplan's best album yet, and shows Kaplan's greatest strength -- his ability to listen to and interact with the kids who are his audience and to turn that into stories in song."
- Zooglobble
"Roots rocker Randy Kaplan is one of those happy-they-exist people you can't quite tell is playing kids' music. And yet he is."
-NEW YORK MAGAZINE
“He doesn’t dumb it down for the kids… He just expects them to come along for the ride. And they do.”
-TIME OUT NEW YORK KIDS
"Singer/storyteller Randy Kaplan crafts a brassy, old-timey collection... (Loquat Rooftop) showcases Kaplan's bluesy storytelling. (top 10 Children's CDs of 2008)"
-NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (NPR)
"What's a loquat? It turns out that it's an Asian fruit, but it's also the subject of a song by Randy Kaplan... whose music combines rock, blues and stories."
-THE NEW YORK TIMES
“One of the most exciting newcomers to kids’ music since Dan Zanes.”
-PARENTING MAGAZINE
"Randy Kaplan hits the mark with his first release for kids… We love (it)."
-NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"(Kaplan's) music ranges from fairly straight-up folk to something with a more bluesy vibe, but, even in those familiar genres, nobody really sounds like him."
-SPARE THE ROCK
"Kaplan's tunes are humorous yet sincere with characters who dance happily in your imagination. He is the John Prine of the children's music scene."
-OUT WITH THE KIDS
“Kaplan's original songs… are as imaginative and rambling as a preschooler, and musically brilliant.”
-THE LOVELY MRS. DAVIS
"Kaplan is a national treasure who brings a sly wink to the art of kid’s music."
-THE BROOKLYN PAPER
"Randy is one of Brooklyn's hidden gems in the world of kids' music. Get to know him before he breaks out big time."
-KIDS MUSIC THAT ROCKS
“Kaplan returns with more of the half-singing, half-storytelling style that made his first kids' CD, Five Cent Piece, such fun. His musical tales… slip into more varied genres this time around, with elements of Spanish guitar and New Orleans–style jazz trumpets added in along the way.”
-COOKIE MAGAZINE
“Randy Kaplan may come from Brooklyn, but his music radiates with warm, Midwestern Americana… Kaplan's sophomore disc (is) a pure pleasure for kids and parents.”
-PARENTHOOD
“Kaplan carries his eclectic interests in roots rock, folk, blues, standards, and theater onto this CD… (He) is a musician bravely taking kids to a textured world of music history and contemporary inventiveness.”
-FAMILY MAN ONLINE
PRAISE FOR RANDY’S NOT-REALLY-FOR-KIDS MUSIC:
(for full reviews go to PRESS/REVIEWS)
"Randy Kaplan does amazing James Taylor–meets-banjo covers of Nirvana… and Grandmaster Flash… Nuff said; go check this guy out."
-TIME OUT NEW YORK
"Kaplan makes us smile as he points out hypocrisy… (He crafts) exceptionally tender songs (and) pens understated tunes that, the more we hear them, eventually evolve into anthems."
-NEWSDAY
"Kaplan mixes… social commentary with more personal observation… bloody good music, pure and simple… the real deal!”
-TOXIC PETE
"(Kaplan's) lyrics don't underestimate their listener's intelligence, being literate and occasionally not a little highbrow… (He) is a craftsman in the tradition of Paul Simon.”
-AMERICANA-UK
"Randy's literary yet accessible songs capture ambivalence and investigate the inner lives of human beings in the tradition of Leonard Cohen or Stephen Sondheim."
-KRISELEN
"The stories (Randy) sings wind and twist away from the ordinary and toward refreshing new ideas often humorous and bizarre… never predictable."
-THE INDEPENDENT
"Kaplan sings of modern romance, male neuroses, and quirky character studies with the off-kilter viewpoint of a man who appreciates the blurred edges as much as the finer points… (His) self-effacing lyrics make you laugh, cry and blush at their honest simplicity."
-THE BOTTOM LINE
"(Kaplan's) songs display keen psychological insight… His emotional range is broad, running the gamut from uplifting to bleak."
-THE MATTRESS
"Recurrent in (Kaplan's) songs is his flashing sense of humor, a humor which is skillfully married to a bitter sense of reality... Of course it is comical. But it is also far more: it is tragic and at the same time, comes from a wisdom, a knowledge of the falsity at the heart of many human endeavors."
-KONTRAST RADIO
"It's easy to fall hopelessly in love with Randy Kaplan's music."
-SPLENDID MAGAZINE
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