"Kids in the City" up for nomination of best kids CD by Parents Connect
May 17, 2010
"Kids in the City" is up for a nomination for best children's music album with Parents Connect. Click here to vote for Laura's record to win!
Laura Doherty: News
"Hello Hippopotamus" animated video
April 12, 2010 Laura's new video for "Hello Hippopotamus" has been entered into the Aniboom contest and could win a spot on Sesame Street! Click below to rate Laura's video. Animated by Denna Mazur.
Laura's song featured on Dancing on Ice
3/14/10
Laura's version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" was featured on the British TV Show, Dancing on Ice!
East Coast Tour - May 2010
Feb. 3, 2010
Laura will attend the 2nd annual Kindiefest conference in Brooklyn Apr. 30-May 2. She is setting up dates now for a tour in the area, to include NYC, Westchester, CT, MA, PA. If you'd like to bring Laura to your town during this week of May 3-9 and you have an idea for a great venue (i.e. kids house concert!), please contact Laura at 773-220-3432 or laura@lauradohertymusic.com
Laura featured in Time Out NY and Time Out Chicago!
Jan. 4, 2010
In Time Out NY Kids Dec. 2009 issue, Doherty's "Kids in the City" was rated one of the top 10 children's CDs of 2009!
In Time Out Chicago Jan. 6, 2010 issue, Laura Doherty is listed as one of the best things to happen to Chicago kids in 2009!
Chicago Parent Magazine review
9/25/09
Chicago Parent reviewed "Kids in the City" calling Doherty's music a cross between Laurie Berkner and Ella Jenkins.
"Kids in the CIty" is featured at the Pokey Pup
Sept. 19, 2009 Check out this great online store for kids music, The Pokey Pup! My CD is featured on the front page!
WXRT Little Rockers interview
Sept. 9, 2009
Check out what Chicago's WXRT Little Rockers Report has to say about Laura's new CD "Kids in the City". http://www.93xrt.com/pages/3660505.php
Check out what Chicago's WXRT Little Rockers Report has to say about Laura's new CD "Kids in the City". http://www.93xrt.com/pages/3660505.php
"Kids in the City" wins a Gold Nappa Award
Sept. 3, 2009
Laura's "Kids in the City" CD was judged a Gold winner in the 2009 NAPPA Children’s Products competition, hosted by National Parenting Publications!
Laura's "Kids in the City" CD was judged a Gold winner in the 2009 NAPPA Children’s Products competition, hosted by National Parenting Publications!
East coast Fall Tour is in the works!
7/8/09 East Coast tour is in the works....shows in Philly, NYC and a few places in-between. Dates to be posted soon!
Daily Candy Kids write-up
6/15/09
Thanks Daily Candy Kids Chicago for the write-up on my new CD...check it out here. Be sure to scroll down to "This week in Chicago" http://www.dailycandy.com/kids/chicago/article/43854/Wall+Order
Thanks Daily Candy Kids Chicago for the write-up on my new CD...check it out here. Be sure to scroll down to "This week in Chicago" http://www.dailycandy.com/kids/chicago/article/43854/Wall+Order
Teaching music in Brazil!
5/30/09
I'm excited to have the opportunity to go to Brazil next week, along with 3 of my colleagues at the Old Town School, to teach at a music school in Belo Horizonte, Brazil for a week!
I'm excited to have the opportunity to go to Brazil next week, along with 3 of my colleagues at the Old Town School, to teach at a music school in Belo Horizonte, Brazil for a week!
Doherty receives CAAP Grant Award
4/23/09
I'm thrilled to have received the 2009 CAAP arts grant awarded by the City of Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs, which helps fund the new CD project "Kids in the City"!
I'm thrilled to have received the 2009 CAAP arts grant awarded by the City of Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs, which helps fund the new CD project "Kids in the City"!
the birth of "Kids in the City"
4/23/09
I'm very excited that the new CD has arrived! I teamed up again with producer Rich Rankin who I co-produced the "Wiggleworms Love You" CD with...and we had a blast making this record!
The idea for "Kids in the City" was born on the CTA train in 2006. I was running late to a gig at Millennium Park and I was on the train, sort of frantic that I wouldn't make it there on time. I somehow channeled that energy into rattling off a tune in my head about the "El Train" and from there my first kids song was born.
Chicago is such a vibrant city, I thought, why not write some songs about Chicago and the city in general? There's so many families raising kids here in the city, I thought this was a perfect theme.
The songs blossomed through the next year and a half...a song about the zoo, a Chicago Hot Dog, and ending with a quirky tune about a guy named Uncle Ukulele's and his string band!
I tested the songs out with my Wiggleworms students and they went over well! I'm excited that some of these songs are great for classroom use.
Finally in November of 2008, I felt ready to get into the studio. We used the same philosophy as the Wiggleworms record: all acoustic instruments, to give it a folky feel, but on this CD infusing my pop style into the songs as well!
I hope you all can join me at the CD Release show at the Beat Kitchen on May 17th!
I'm very excited that the new CD has arrived! I teamed up again with producer Rich Rankin who I co-produced the "Wiggleworms Love You" CD with...and we had a blast making this record!
The idea for "Kids in the City" was born on the CTA train in 2006. I was running late to a gig at Millennium Park and I was on the train, sort of frantic that I wouldn't make it there on time. I somehow channeled that energy into rattling off a tune in my head about the "El Train" and from there my first kids song was born.
Chicago is such a vibrant city, I thought, why not write some songs about Chicago and the city in general? There's so many families raising kids here in the city, I thought this was a perfect theme.
The songs blossomed through the next year and a half...a song about the zoo, a Chicago Hot Dog, and ending with a quirky tune about a guy named Uncle Ukulele's and his string band!
I tested the songs out with my Wiggleworms students and they went over well! I'm excited that some of these songs are great for classroom use.
Finally in November of 2008, I felt ready to get into the studio. We used the same philosophy as the Wiggleworms record: all acoustic instruments, to give it a folky feel, but on this CD infusing my pop style into the songs as well!
I hope you all can join me at the CD Release show at the Beat Kitchen on May 17th!