Milkshake Loses to a Marley

In many ways, it was a disappointing night at the Grammys for Baltimore. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's "Berstein: Mass" lost in the Best Classical Album category (although producer Steven Epstein won for Producer of the Year - Classical), and "Great Day," the album by revered local children's band Milkshake lost in the Best Musical Album for Children category.

On the upside, Milkshake lost to Ziggy Marley's "Family Time," and if you're going to lose, it's nice to lose to the son of one of the best musicians of all time. Ironically, in my last post, I talked about how much our 3-year-old Jack has loved Bob Marley's music from his earliest days and we really liked "Set Your Piggies Free," a song about the joys of being barefoot that Ziggy sang on Sesame Street recently, with cameos by Cameron Diaz, Brendan Frasier, Patricia Arquette, and Ricky Gervais. (On a related note, you can also see a hysterical backstage interview with Gervais and Elmo here, where they break out into the song.)

In an even bigger upside, I was happily shocked to discover that Milkshake will actually be giving a concert at my boys' pre-school, Oheb Shalom's Learning Ladder, next week! I'll let you know if the Grammy buzz has gone to their heads...