(AP) Dan Zanes and Elizabeth Mitchell had only been playing for about 10 minutes when the stage was invaded. The first to appear was a stuffed lamb. Then a cuddly dinosaur. Then all hell broke loose ...

While several of his albums have won Parents Choice Awards, Dan Zanes will readily admit that the music he's making these days isn't just for youngsters. "I never decided to make 'children's music,'" ...

Dan Zanes says there are advantages to performing music for children and families. "We can have a full-throttle dance party before lunchtime, and to me that's a step up from playing adult concerts," ...

Smithsonian Folkways has released Pieces of Home by renowned musicians Dan + Claudia Zanes. For almost 25 years Dan Zanes has been known as a pioneer and a leader in family music, bringing people of ...

Dan Zanes is on a mission to show everybody that they can play music together and feel “pretty good” while doing it. This Sunday, Zanes and Friends will bring to the Napa Valley Opera House what ...

The cover of "Pieces of Home" by Dan and Claudia Zanes. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways) This album doesn’t feature Santa or elves, but it does blend cultures, genres, collaborations with other ...

If your idea of ringing in the holiday season involves knocking back a few beers with friends and feasting on Chinese delivery, join the club. White Christmases are quickly becoming relics to be ...

Dan Zanes is here for your children. While he's at it, he's happy to convert you, too, like some purple-clad pied piper carrying a ukulele instead of a flute. His mission? Well, it sounds a little ...

Discover "the gold standard in kids' music" (NPR) when Grammy Award-winning children's performer Dan Zanes and Haitian-American jazz vocalist Claudia Zanes present a fun-filled afternoon at Nassau ...

After a seven-year absence, Grammy Award-winning family musician Dan Zanes is returning to Long Island May 27 — and this time, he’s bringing his wife, Claudia, a Haitian American jazz singer, along to ...

It’s been a while since the Rialto hosted a good kiddie show. The last one I went to with my own kid was almost three years ago, when we went to the music palace in the middle of the day to see Justin ...