The Best Kids and Family Music of 2011 - Fids and Kamily Award Winners

In the sixth year of the Fids and Kamily Music Poll (http://www.fidsandkamily.com/), Recess Monkey's FLYING! was voted the best kids and family album of the year, topping a list of outstanding releases in a year that included a kids and family albums from mainstream/adult artists, seasoned kindie artists and some fantastic newcomers.
The Top 10 albums of 2011 are (in order):
1. Recess Monkey - FLYING!
2. Dan Zanes and Friends - Little Nut Tree
3. Frances England - Mind of My Own
4. Caspar Babypants - Sing Along!
5. Lunch Money - Original Friend
6. Brady Rymer - Love Me for Who I Am
7. The Deedle Deedle Dees - Strange Dees, Indeed
8. The Jimmies - Practically Ridiculous
9. Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band - Oh Lucky Day!
10. Gustafer Yellowgold - Gustafer Yellowgold's Infinity Sock
Honorable Mentions (unranked next ten):

Cat and a Bird - Cat and a Bird
The Hipwaders - The Golden State
Charlie Hope - Let's Go Play!
Ella Jenkins - A Life of Song
Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights - What a Zoo!
Todd McHatton - Galactic Champions of Joy
Alastair Moock - These Are My Friends
The Not-Its - Tag, You're It!
Papa Crow - Things That Roar
Chip Taylor and the Grandkids - Golden Kids Rules
In addition to these 20 CDs, there were another 43 albums receiving at least one vote, making a total of 63 albums receiving one or more votes from the Poll's 29 judges.
The Fids and Kamily Poll is the first compilation of year-end kids and family music "best of" lists from critics, writers, radio programmers, and others involved in the music industry. The poll was launched in 2006 and was inspired by the Village Voice’s long-running “Pazz and Jop” music poll.

Fids and Kamily 2011 Awards To Be Announced Saturday, Nov. 19!

It is so hard to wait!

Bill Childs will be announcing the winners on Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child on Saturday, November 19.  Listen to WRSI from 8 AM to 10 AM East Coast time to hear cuts from all the winning albums.