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News Articles: children's music

Composer Deborah Wicks La Puma writes music for Mo Willems' musicals including <em>Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock</em> <em>Experience</em>. A new animated version is on HBO Max.

Mo Willems' naked mole rats owe their rock 'n' roll sound to this composer

Composer Deborah Wicks La Puma has written music for Mo Willems' famous Pigeon, Elephant and Piggie - and now for Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed on HBO Max.

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  • Elizabeth Blair
Ants on a Log members Julie Be and Anya Rose helped curate a new album that affirms the experiences of transgender and nonbinary kids.

A New Children's Album Celebrates Kids Who Are Transgender And Nonbinary

Noel King speaks to music therapist and musician Julie Be of the group Ants on a Log about a new all-star children's album that celebrates trans and nonbinary kids.

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  • Noel King and
  • Barry Gordemer
As a professor, musician and community advocate, Pierce Freelon has his hands in many different pots. His new children's album, <em>D.a.D.</em>, mixes a bit of all three of his vocations for educational fun.

Pierce Freelon On His Children's Album And The Legacy Of His Creative Black Family

Musician Pierce Freelon grew up in a creative and famous Black family and now he's dropping his first children's jazz/hip-hop album, D.a.D., featuring his experiences as a Black millennial father.

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  • Mandalit del Barco