Well, it's finally finished and due to be released into the American marketplace on March 17th of this year! Here in the UK it might be available even sooner than that. We couldn't be happier!

And how about that new Korky Paul cover, eh? Have you found Oliver yet?

"Where Did the Dinosaurs Go?" is about getting into science and the environment, social issues and animal rights issues––all kinds of interesting topics that are important for kids to be thinking about and discussing in our world today.

And when you have a CD full of songs that are as much fun to listen to and sing along with as these are, you can't help but learn something in the process.

If you can't wait for the CD and want to download it now you can get it here on iTunes US or here on iTunes UK. It's available in many other countries on iTunes, too, so if you don't happen to be either in the US or the UK just go to your local iTunes Store site.

And, hey, if you like the CD? Do us a big favour and leave us a nice review on iTunes, okay? We LOVE that and it makes iTunes take notice of us, too!

Have fun!
Paul

All of us at Walking Oliver would like to congratulate Bob Sherman the host of the outstanding radio program "Woody's Children" at WFUV in New York on the occasion of the show's 40th anniversary!

Bob Sherman was one of the first radio personalities in the to U.S. to play Walking Oliver songs on the air back when the label was just getting started. For that early recognition, we'll always be grateful.

If you've never heard "Woody's Children" it features folk music in the spirit of the great Woody Guthrie. As folk music has always been very near and dear to my heart and an abundant source of musical inspiration, it was an honor to have been a part of the show.

Once again, congratulations to Bob Sherman and WFUV for 40 years of a job well done!

Woody's Children

Warm wishes for a very happy, peaceful, interesting and musical 2009!

From the Walking Oliver family

RI:Hiya, Matt! Let’s start with an easy question––who’s your favourite dog and why? I’ll ask you to exclude ‘yours truly’ as that would be playing favourites!

MC:When I was a kid, my grandparents had a golden lab named Pumpkin. She lived on their fifty-acre farm south of Portland, Oregon where my cousins and I would spend our summers. Pumpkin was our constant companion around the farm, chasing cows with us, swimming in “the crick,” your basic summer on a farm stuff. She was a wonderful dog. She got cancer when I was eight, and my grandpa had to put her down. We cried our eyes out saying goodbye to her. We have our last picture with her in front of my mom’s old Buick Skylark.

RI:You got any heroes? Me, I’ve always been partial to Snoopy. Real quiet but I think deep down he’s a bit of a wise guy. Can you name 2 of your heroes and tell me why they are your heroes?

We wish you all a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING and hope you’re looking forward, as we are, to a new year with new possibilities.

Totally Turkey-Free
Here’s a song from the newest Walking Oliver CD, “Where did the Dinosaurs Go?” which is scheduled for a formal release in March 2009. It’s told from the turkey’s point of view and thereby, naturally enough, quite pro-vegetarian. It's fabulous for singing along with! Gobble-Gobble!

Talking Turkeys
This is a song created from a poem by the great UK poet, Benjamin Zephaniah. When Zephaniah first heard our version of his poem it reportedly kept him smiling for much of that day. It's an infectious and very funny rap song.

The Gypsy Rover
An old folk song, sometimes called The Whistling Gypsy, this song often brings to mind the Thanksgiving season for me. I don’t know why since it doesn’t really have anything directly to do with it. Maybe it’s just the Autumnal feeling it creates but it's a gorgeous, mournful old song with haunting fiddles and sweet harmonies.

The Fox Went Out
Here’s a great one that’s been with me since I was very, very young. My Dad taught it to me. I taught it to my son. Again it has that autumnal or winter-y feel to it. More importantly, it's a great, fun sing-a-long song that every kid should know.

Won’t Eat Squash
Here’s a song by Matt Clark, the newest artist to join the Walking Oliver ranks. We thought since squash often has a place at the Thanksgiving table that we should air at least one kid’s views of it. We like this one a lot! Even if we're not wild about squash. ;-)

Trottin’ to the Fair
Fairs always remind me of Thanksgiving and this lovely Irish tune is no exception. The notion of sitting on a horse trotting down a leaf-scattered country lane with a Molly Malone sitting behind you with her arms around your waist and…..well, how bad could that be?