2005 NAPPA GOLD AWARD!

MY DADDY IS SCRATCHY

2005 DR. TOY AWARD!

One of the 10 Best Kids’ CDs of 2005!

PARENTS’ CHOICE FOUNDATION SILVER AWARD!

MY DADDY IS SCRATCHY

With his formidable composer's skills and stage musical sensibility, singer-songwriter Jamie Broza follows up his exceptional, insightful debut family album, Bad MoodMom, with more slice-of-life musical truths: vegetable blues, school anxieties, the "do I have to" battle of wills, the painful downside of having an unshaven dad and the sink-into-the-ground embarrassment caused by a dad who insists on breaking into song in public places. Interviews with real kids throughout add to the authenticity of Broza's tuneful parental acumen.

Lynne Heffley
Parents’ Choice Foundation
June 2005

PARENTING MAGAZINE “PICK”!

MY DADDY IS SCRATCHY
Clueless, embar-rassing, and, yes, scratchy dads are some of the characters your kids might recognize in this comic fatherhood roast. Jazzy vocals and amusing stories create musical theater about family life.

Erika Milvy
Parenting Magazine
August 2005

BARNES & NOBLE “PICK OF THE WEEK”!

One of the best kids’ albums of 2005 – or any year, for that matter –  My Daddy is Scratchy brims with wit, wisdom, and a musical style that runs the gamut from Broadway to Steely Dan.     

Barnes&Noble.com
May 2005

10 COOL KIDS’ CDs TO START YOUR COLLECTION

Bad Mood Mom - a great way to remind kids we all have difficult times. The song "Alone" starts "Sometimes your parents can be mean," while "Blankie, Piggie, Pacie" talks about the universal need for security objects. But my favorite cut is the fabulously catchy title track that assures my kids I am not the only mom in the world who occasionally freaks out.

Monica Eng
Chicago Tribune
July 1, 2005

A MUST HAVE!

MY DADDY IS SCRATCHY

Emmy Award winner Jamie Broza follows his popular Bad Mood Mom (2003) with a musical tribute to Dad while exploring other popular topics for youngsters along the way. Interviews with children along with a fun radio news hour are seamlessly woven among the songs. The expertly performed musical stylings include rock with a screaming guitar, country, smooth jazz, and a Broadway-style melody. This collection will delight the entire family and is a must-have for every collection.

School Library Journal
August 11, 2005

BARNES & NOBLE RECOMMENDED SELECTION!

The Platonic ideal that all children’s music should aspire to is quite simple: It must be as enjoyable for Mom and Dad as it is for the younger set. So simple, yet so elusive. When an artist hits this balance square on the head, as Jamie Broza does on MyDaddy Is Scratchy, it’s a cause for celebration. Charming yet never sentimental, respectful rather than patronizing to kids and their concerns, this collection of fun -- and wise -- songs speaks the language of children while being set to creative music intended to hold the attention of the “mature” listener … In other words: A winning kid’s album that parents will actually look forward to playing. 

Steve Futterman
Barnes & Noble.com
May 2005

WHO’S YOUR DADDY?

Children don’t have the most discerning taste.

They spit out caviar. Prefer Crayolas to Cézanne.

And while they may not truly be ready for Mozart, you can still avoid the midriff-baring, gyrating trinity: Christina. Britney. Jessica.

The new children’s CD, My Daddy Is Scratchy, introduces kids to a variety of musical genres, including rock, jazz, country, and ’50s-style musical numbers. The songs tell stories and often use dialogue to make it easy for younger children to follow along. And their campy nature makes it far less painless for you the 79th time your little one insists on track four.

DailyCandy Kids
August 18, 2005

Little Kid Culture: Best CDs!

Kick back with your baby and enjoy these fave selections. My Daddy is Scratchy — The perfect soundtrack for Father’s Day. Catch 16 sweet songs by award-winning children’s performer Jamie Broza.

Kourtney Eidam
Parents Magazine Baby
Summer 2005

MY DADDY IS SCRATCHY: Eleven original tracks encompass rock, jazz, country, and 50's music sounds. The album explores issues that matter to kid such as avoiding vegetables, enduring embarrassing parents, refusing to go to school, wheedling a few more minutes before bed, and more.    

Georgia Family
August 2005

We’re not the only ones to notice that — thanks to artists like Dan Zanes, Laurie Berkner, Jamie Broza and Elizabeth Mitchell — kids’ music has come a long way.

UrbanBaby Daily
December 1, 2004

BookList

MY DADDY IS SCRATCHY: Composer and singer Jamie Broza has a pitch-perfect take on the ambiguous joys of fatherhood, acknowledging that dads can sometimes be problematic. Their faces flower with scratchy stubble, some sing embarrassingly badly, and others are clueless. But it’s a two way street as kids are often recalcitrant, disdain healthy vegetables, develop sudden allergies to school, and moan about chores. In each selection, Broza’s underlying affection is evident. As in his debut album Bad Mood Mom (2003), the tunes are stylistically diverse, ranging from rock and jazz to a theatrical sound. This thoroughly satisfying and enjoyable CD is highly recommended.         

Paul Shackman
Booklist
June 2005

MY DADDY ROCKS OUT!

Just in time for Dad’s Day, here’s a new CD written by an expert on the subject. Jamie Broza, Manhattan father of three, focuses his musical talents – and his winning way with words – on celebrating the warm and wacky father-child relationship … As he did on his 2003 award-winning CD Bad Mood Mom, Broza again demonstrates his understanding of young family dynamics, alternately expressing empathy, wisdom and humor.

Carolyn Rogalsky
New York Family
June 2005

Some people, it seems, were born to chronicle life from both sides of the game. Emmy Award-winning singer, songwriter, composer and performer Jamie Broza – whose new CD is entitled My Daddy is Scratchy – is one of those rare types.  He’s a grown-up (a scratchy dad, even) with an inner child who’s witty and, as evidenced on his first kids’ CD Bad Mood Mom, totally in tune with the way real children feel.                 

UrbanBaby Daily
June 14, 2005

With the release of his second CD for children this month, Jamie Broza turns his attention to dads with the aptly titled My Daddy is Scratchy. An engaging mix of blues, funk and rock ' n roll, Broza's day job as an Emmy Award-winning composer is evident throughout; the tracks on My Daddy isScratchy are highly produced, yet manage to walk the fine line of covering familiar kid topics (not wanting to eat vegetables, trying to wheedle your way out of school) without being overly preachy. Hilarious at times, the candid interviews interspersed between tracks, where kids reveal how you know when you're a grown-up and why their dad's whiskers bother them, are a sweet touch.                                                 

Big Apple Parent
June 2005

Emmy-award winning composer Broza represents the best there is in children’s music. Ever since he came out with Bad Mood Mom, my music-loving kids have been fans (and so have I!). In My Daddy is Scratchy, Broza reveals once again the incredible talent he has for fun, empathy and all things kids: embarrassing parents, yucky vegetables, bed time resistance ... and it’s all terrific.

Susan Brooke Day
Nashville Parent
July 2005

Broza's first album, Bad Mood Mom, made me laugh out loud at its wonderful kids' perspective on Mom's foibles. My Daddy is Scratchy takes on Dad, with similar results. Broza's music is a little jazz, a little rock, a little funk, and a lot funny. Like its predecessor, this album explores life and adulthood in ways that children understand, taking on topics such as dad's beard stubble, embarrassing parents who do awful things like singing in public, and, of course, the ongoing struggle to avoid the vegetables that parents keep trying to feed to kids.

Vicki M. Brennan,
South Florida Parenting
May 2005

A grown-up kid singing from a six-year-old’s point of view, Broza knows how to please kids with his funny and easy to understand ditties while at the same time making the parents stop and crack a smile as well. Four time Emmy award winning writer and composer Broza does it once again in this charming and witty CD with titles such as “Stop it, Dad, You’re Embarrassing Me,” and “I Met a Vegetable I Didn’t Like.”

Kim Helk
thecelebritycafe.com
July 3, 2005

Child Magazine Best CDs of the Year!!!

BAD MOOD MOM

The songs – most of them original – are really funny. They are all about being a kid from a kid’s point of view. This is the kind of music children and parents can enjoy together. It’s real.                           

Child Magazine
December 2003

Parents’ Choice Foundation Gold Award!!!

There is sneaky magic in singer-musician Jamie Broza’s brash, rock ‘n roll, jazzy slice-of-life approach to parental and childhood challenges. He nails the first-grade swagger (‘I’m Six’) as well as a kindergartener’s emotional highs and lows (‘I am Five’). The two-year-old’s ‘I’m-the-center-of-the-universe-and-I-say-‘No!’ view of all he surveys (‘I’m Terrible’) rings true, and so does a three-year-old’s need for the comforts of babyhood to ease the frustrations of a widening world (‘Blanky, Piggie, Pacie’). Broza’s resonant through-line is clear-eyed, compassionate understanding, whatever the mood.

Lynne Heffley
Parents’ Choice Foundation
July 10, 2003

2003 NAPPA Honors Award!!!

Four-time Emmy Award-winner Broza brings his songwriting chops and three-times-a-parent sensibilities and observations to 15 original and nicely produced tunes.

John Wood
NAPPA reviewer
November 2003

Long car trip ahead? Get moody! Looking for some new car tunes for the kids? Check out Bad Mood Mom (we just love the title) from Jamie Broza. This indie artist strikes a chord with great numbers like the bluesy “I’m Six” and the mea culpa of “It’s Complicated,” about the life issues of a grade-schooler.

Susan Avery
New York Magazine
August 12, 2003

Backseat squabbles, waking up to pots-and-pans drumming sessions – accomplished musician and TV, film and stage composer Jamie Broza nails the rewards and challenges of parenthood with resonant wisdom, empathy, and humor from both parents’ and kids’ points of view in his first children’s album. With an expert, creative touch, Broza’s tracks play like catchy numbers from a stage-worthy musical. 

Lynne Heffley
Los Angeles Times
July 17, 2003

Bad Mood Mom does a great job of encapsulating life with children under seven. My nine-year-old says Bad Mood Mom will help grown-ups understand how kids feel. I think it reminds us moms and dads that there is a humorous side to the stresses of family life.

Linda Reynolds
Busy Parents Online
November 2003