Album Notes

Thanks for checking out the album! Okay, in a nutshell while in the car, for trips long or short we listen to an array of music genres. Realizing that our children were singing word for word The White Stripes' "Apple Blossom", songs from Greenday, Jack Johnson, The Shins, The Strokes or whatever we were listening to, I had a thought.... "What if there were a way to bridge the gap between kids' music and our music while opening up a dialogue between parents and kids about issues we sometimes forget to touch upon?" As well as, of course, references to nose picking and toilets to get everybody smiling. Alright, maybe not everybody, but some at least. Well, it gets us smiling anyway. So, having a life long passion for writing music, and past experience as a lounge lizard in NYC, (Shh! Don't tell anybody.) I got to work writing songs that have kid friendly lyrics and cool music for grown ups, pulling influence from rock, blues, folk, punk, even a little blue grass. A major goal here was to extend the age range from pre-schooler all the way to adolescence so that the middle schooler in the back seat could get into it as well (Or at least be able to deal with it). The result is a not so ordinary kid's album that we have lots of fun listening to. And we hope you do too!


PRESS....

WRIU The Children's Show (January 2007)

Elizabeth St. "Different" came in at #4 on The Best of 2006 listener's picks!

NPR (December 2006)

Elizabeth St. "Different" has been recognized as one of Zooglobble's favorite kid's albums of 2006.... yay! Thank you Stefan!


REVIEWS....

WWW.COOLMOMPICKS.COM (December 2006)

"Sometimes my initial response to new music is, 'Wow, that's really, um, different.' And by different, I mean bad. But sometimes different is good, as in the case of Different, the debut album from Elizabeth Street.

Elizabeth Street is not related to Pikaboo Street; actually it's a duo, made up of vocalist Susan Kolbenheyer and guitarist/bassist Greg Pearce. Kolbenheyer has an earthy, expressive voice that moves easily from the mellow, folksy-acoustic tracks on the album to driving power-pop songs with a discernable punk influence. The sophisticated melodies blend perfectly with lyrics reflecting the silliness of childhood, with song titles like The Eyeball People and Really Gross.

The album was recorded in a home studio, making it different (in a good way) from so much mass-produced kids music, and enjoyable for even the most extreme music-snob parents. Not that you're one of them, of course.”