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Laurie Berkner is awesome at Kiddie Rock! If you haven’t seen Nick Jr.’s Jack’s Big Music Show then you may or may not know Laurie’s music (and if you don’t I highly suggest you get to know it fast!).  The music has been playing since Marc was 2 months old in the background and at somepoint he started dancing to it and has been ever since.

Her latest album rocks! Rocketship Run [Amazon | iTunes] before that her discography includes… Under a Shady Tree [Amazon | iTunes], Whaddaya Think of That [Amazon | iTunes], Victor Vito [Amazon | iTunes], Buzz Buzz [Amazon | iTunes]

Rockship Run is really great! Great to listen to while driving with the kids or just dancing around in the living room.

Laurie’s Official Bio

Laurie Berkner has been a professional musician since 1992, but her success as a children’s recording artist was a surprise to her. “It was so unexpected,” says Laurie. “I’d been performing in rock bands (including Lois Lane, an all-female cover band, as well as her own original rock band, Red Onion) and struggling to write original music. Writing music for kids has not been a struggle at all. The more I started working on material for children, the more I realized that it opened up creativity in me that I never knew I had.”

These days critics widely acknowledge Laurie’s major contribution toward launching what is now dubbed the progressive “kiddie rock” movement that is, less saccharine, more rocking music that is not dumbed down for children. But it wasn’t simply an enormous amount of talent that helped create an entire genre and skyrocketed Laurie to her current position as “the queen of children’s music” (People Magazine). It was an ability to gain parents’ enthusiasm for the songs too. According to Laurie, “When I’m writing a song, I’m thinking about whether the kids will like it and whether I’m going to connect to them through it. I’m also thinking about whether I want to sing it over and over again, so I guess that’s the part that connects with adults. ‘Old MacDonald Had A Farm’ is a great song for kids, but I couldn’t sing it 100 times!”  Read more…

How to win an autographed CD of your choice… Contest ends Feb 5th.

You get 1 entry for placing a comment with you’re favorite song that Laurie Sings [Visit her site for titles] and please use some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email)

You get 1  extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily).  Must contain the following information: Laurie Berkner Autographed CD @dada_rocks – http://bit.ly/adLJ9b  and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.

Example:  I want the Laurie Berkner Autographed CD from @dada_rocks – http://bit.ly/adLJ9b

You get 1 extra entry for following me on twitter – twitter.com/dada_rocks

You get 1 extra entry for becoming a FAN on facebook – facebook.com/DaDaRocks you must comment that you’re a fan

You get 1 extra entry for subscribing to our Feedburner digest mailing – you must also comment that you’ve subscribed

Winner has 48 hours to claim prize after being announced or we will pick another winner.  Winner will be selected using Random.org