Sep 8, 2026
We're wrapping up our orchestra series with the loudest, most colorful family of all — percussion.
Over the last few episodes, we've built an orchestra together one family at a time. We met the strings, then the woodwinds, then the brass. This week we're adding the fourth and final family, and I saved a fun one for...
Aug 25, 2026
Today we're getting to know the brass family — the loud, bright, fun-loving cousins of the orchestra. (And yes, I'm a little biased here, since my daughter plays trumpet. There's just something about the sound of a room full of brass players warming up.)
We talk about what actually makes an instrument "brass"...
Aug 11, 2026
We're kicking off a brand-new series on the podcast, and I could
not be more excited about it. Over the next few episodes, we're
getting to know all four families of the orchestra — strings,
woodwinds, brass, and percussion. (We already spent time
with the strings a while back,...
Meet the
Woodwind Family
Jul 28, 2026
We made it to the final stop on this summer's Around the World with Busy Kids Love Music tour — and what a destination to end on.
The Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands in Southeast Asia, home to over 110 million people speaking more than 180 languages and dialects. Its folk music is not one...
Jul 14, 2026
Stop 4 on our summer world tour takes us to the heart of central Europe — the Czech Republic, a country about the size of South Carolina with a fiercely proud cultural identity and joyful, irresistibly danceable folk music.
In this episode, we explore the patchwork of Czech folk traditions across its three...
