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Songs, Music that Our City Dads Love to Parent By

June 26, 2017 by Matt Schneider Leave a Comment

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Another season of our popular The Modern Dads Podcast concludes with a very special musical episode. Five of our City Dads from around the country join us to discuss the songs that have inspired and informed their parenting. City Dads Group columnist Whit Honea discusses the cover of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein tune, done by the late Ray Charles, that he uses to get his kids going in the morning. NYC Dad James Lopez, who blogs at Cool4Dads / #FatherhoodIsLit, shares some of the parenting lessons he uses from a song he loved in his childhood, the Notorious B.I.G. tune … [Read more...]

Filed Under: entertainment, parenting styles Tagged With: Modern Dad Podcast, music, podcasts

Portland Rocks with City Dads Playing ‘Kindie’ Children’s Music

June 9, 2017 by Kevin McKeever Leave a Comment

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Portland Dads Group member Aaron Canwell and his then 6-month-old son, Micah, were wandering around their Oregon hometown looking for family-friendly things to do when they stumbled on a group of musicians playing children's songs with a rock 'n' roll beat. Quickly, two new "kindie" music fans were born. "This performance engaged children young and old to sing and dance," Canwell said. "I got hooked. I decided I wanted to take my love of music and movement to share with children just like these people did." And soon was born a new band. Micah and Me, composed of Canwell and three … [Read more...]

Filed Under: entertainment Tagged With: music, Portland Dads Group

Beleaf: A Versatile Musician, Artist, Modern Father Figure

May 16, 2017 by Mike Heenan Leave a Comment

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We follow up a rave review of Beleaf Melanin's new album, In Fatherhood, with an interview of the artist and popular YouTube dad. Q: You are big on collaborating with friends and family. In the closing song “Baby Daddy,” you speak to the adage "it takes a village" in parenting, but what does that mean to you in terms of creating art? Beleaf: It’s important to come in with a team. I definitely don’t think we were meant to do things alone. I think we can but it’s best to do them as a tribe. A part of a bigger village that’s basically open to changing the world. I started out as a DJ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: entertainment, ethnicity / race Tagged With: Beleaf, music

Beleaf ‘In Fatherhood’ a Hip-Hop National Anthem for Dads

May 11, 2017 by Mike Heenan Leave a Comment

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The modern fatherhood space can seem, well, academic, at times. Overly disciplined, sterile. Whitewashed, even. Then, seemingly out of the blue, a hip-hop album drops, and a breathtakingly talented dad emerges to the forefront to remind us that fatherhood advocacy isn’t always squeaky-clean academia and the face of it, most certainly, isn’t always white. That album is In Fatherhood. That dad is Beleaf Melanin. And, perhaps unbeknownst even to him, he has just penned fatherhood’s National Anthem in the form of an elaborate conceit, woven around a singular euphonious narrative, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: entertainment Tagged With: Beleaf, music, review

Gay Dad Grew Strong, He Learned How to Sing His Song

March 15, 2017 by Seth Taylor Leave a Comment

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I have become very comfortable in my little gay life since coming out six years ago. I've found a partner who is a kind and compassionate dude. My now teenage daughter has been supportive since the start, and is a champion for equal rights. And, I live in a socially liberal part of the country where homophobia is distinctly uncool. But I've learned that a requisite part of the coming-out process involves the continuing acknowledgement that you're gay. It's important because, even in the most accepting of circumstances, being gay is still seen by some as being "Less Than." Yes, many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: entertainment, gender / sexuality Tagged With: LGBTQ parents, music

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