Meet the Woodwind Family We’re kicking off a brand-new series on the podcast, and I could not be more excited about it. Over the next few episodes, we’re getting to know all four families of the orchestra — strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. (We already spent time with the strings a while back, if you […]

We made it to the final stop on this summer’s Around the World with Busy Kids Love Music tour — and what a destination to end on. The Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands in Southeast Asia, home to over 110 million people speaking more than 180 languages and dialects. Its folk […]

Stop 4 on our summer world tour takes us to the heart of central Europe — the Czech Republic, a country about the size of South Carolina with a fiercely proud cultural identity and joyful, irresistibly danceable folk music. In this episode, we explore the patchwork of Czech folk traditions across its three historical regions […]

Stop 3 on our summer world tour takes us to the continent of Africa — specifically to Nigeria, the most populous country on the continent, home to more than 500 distinct ethnic groups, hundreds of languages, and one of the richest and most diverse musical traditions in the world. In this episode, we explore the […]

Our summer world tour continues — and for Stop 2, we’re trading the warm Caribbean rhythms of Puerto Rico for something entirely different: the misty fjords, ancient forests, and hauntingly beautiful folk music of Norway. In this episode, we explore Norway’s deep folk music roots, from the Norse storytelling tradition to the extraordinary sound of […]

  We’re officially stamping our passports for the first stop on this summer’s Around the World with Busy Kids Love Music tour — and we’re heading to the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. In this episode, we explore the rich, layered history of Puerto Rican folk music, from the ceremonial traditions of the indigenous Taíno […]

  If you’ve been listening along to our last few episodes, you’ve heard a lot of violin — Vivaldi wrote for it constantly, and it’s easy to understand why. But the violin has a whole family of relatives, and today we’re finally introducing all of them. In this episode, we meet the four members of […]

  In today’s episode, we’re wrapping up our three-part series on Antonio Vivaldi with a piece that feels both intimate and expressive—the Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor. If you’ve been listening along with this series, you already know how much I’ve loved exploring Vivaldi with you. Today’s piece gives us something a little […]

In this episode of Busy Kids Love Music, we continue our three-part series on Antonio Vivaldi with a deep dive into one of the most famous pieces of classical music ever written: The Four Seasons.Even if you’ve never heard Vivaldi’s name before, there’s a good chance you’ve heard this music! Today, we explore how Vivaldi […]

  In this episode of Busy Kids Love Music, we begin a brand-new three-part composer series all about Antonio Vivaldi—one of the most famous composers of the Baroque period. You may already recognize Vivaldi’s name from some of his nature-inspired music, but in this series, we’re slowing down to take a closer look at his […]