A Few Little Notes is the production company and record label for GRAMMY® Award winning composer, producer and artist Lucy Kalantari. Making music for over 25 years, she has an extensive library of songs and compositions across many genres.
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Lucy Kalantari is a GRAMMY® Award winning songwriter, composer and producer based in Brooklyn, New York, making jazz age inspired music for families. She is the frontwoman and bandleader for Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats. Her songs have been featured on networks such as Universal Kids and can often be found topping the charts on SiriusXM Kids Place Live and other family programs around the country. Kalantari’s latest album, All the Sounds won a GRAMMY® Award for Best Children’s Album.
Born in the United States to Latino parents (Dominican mother and a Puerto Rican father), she grew up in a bilingual household and writes songs both in English and Spanish. She was the first female Chief Engineer at Purchase Conservatory of Music where she ran the school's recording studios and studied composition. Her children's music debut album Pockets Full of Joy (2014) won a Parents' Choice Award and was featured in The Best Kids Music of 2014, by Cooper & Kid. Her follow-up album Big Things (2016) won multiple awards including Parents' Choice, Independent Music Award for Best Children's Song and the International Songwriting Competition. It's the Holidays! (2017) received accolades including the Parents' Choice Award and 3 stars from the LA Times in their 2017 Christmas album roundup. Her most recent GRAMMY® Award winning album All the Sounds (2018) has won multiple awards and was celebrated at Lollapalooza in Chicago.
Thoughts and things on things.
Nov 21 2014
Fulfilling my personal promise to complete a song-a-week project I was involved with in 2013, I’m writing a song a week for the next 5 weeks. This is week #1, with the prompt: BROTHER.
I wrote this song about a…
Read moreMay 27 2014
Are you ready for some joy? Pockets Full of Joy is here!
This summer album will bring ukuleles and smiles to your day. You can stream Pockets Full of Joy in its entirety today only at LucyKalantari.com/Music, and purchase…
Read moreMay 26 2014
A little blurb about the single, “Pockets Full of Joy”. Check it out:
http://rhythmandruffle.com/rhythm-approved-pockets-full-of-joy/
Thank you Toni Styles, you’re totally stylin’.
May 14 2014
The official digital release date for Pockets Full of Joy is set for May 27th! I’m so pleased with the beautiful design by Rina Miele, Honeydesign. You can check out the first single RIGHT NOW below, and when you …
Read moreMar 5 2014
6 ukulele tunes coming at you…very soon. The mixes are sounding fantastic, and Darius has been dancing all over our home when I play them, (and gets very angry when they’re over.)
Cover is being done by Rina Miele…
Read moreFeb 1 2014
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
Week #47 gave us the prompt, LIVE AND LET LIVE…
Read moreJan 30 2014
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
The word prompt for week #46 was SELF PITY. I…
Read moreJan 29 2014
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
The word prompt for week was KITSCH. I had all…
Read moreJan 29 2014
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
Another combination for weeks 43 and 44. This was posted…
Read moreJan 29 2014
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
Weeks #41 and #42 had another combination, because that was…
Read moreJan 29 2014
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
For weeks #39 and #40 I combined the prompts, which…
Read moreJan 29 2014
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
Catching up again. Week #38’s word prompt was BUY. After…
Read moreOct 31 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
The word prompt for week #37 was GOSPEL. So I…
Read moreOct 29 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
ok. I wrote a rap. The prompt was to write…
Read moreOct 28 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
The word prompt for this week was LAZY. So I…
Read moreOct 28 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
Here’s a weepy one for ya! I combined two weeks…
Read moreOct 23 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
I can’t believe that my last post was on August…
Read moreAug 31 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
The prompt for week #31 was to write a song…
Read moreAug 30 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
Once again, I have to catch up on my blog…
Read moreJul 26 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
The word prompt for this week was WATER. I have…
Read moreJul 25 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
This week’s word prompt was TIRED. Oh, so many things…
Read moreJul 24 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
The word prompt for this week was HELP. I had…
Read moreJul 23 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
The word prompt for week 26 is TRAVEL. Ah so…
Read moreJul 20 2013
The Ignition Lab is a group songwriting challenge to write a song a week in 2013, using weekly word prompts as a starting point. Follow our work on Facebook: facebook.com/TheIgnitionLab
The prompt for week #25 was to write a holiday…
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