I wanted to share a new Musician with you Laurie Berkner who has released a new video that can be used when #Homeschooling your students. ‘Everyone’s Demanding Banana’s. Would you want to watch the video with my family?
“EVERYONE’S DEMANDING BANANAS” A NEW LAURIE BERKNER MUSIC VIDEO FOR KIDS” The queen of kids’ music” – People magazine. “Kids’-music alchemy at its finest.” – Entertainment Weekly
“Laurie Berkner does what Fred Rogers did: respect, validate and reassure young children.” – Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK- A new Laurie Berkner music video for kids, “Everyone’s Demanding Bananas,”!
“B-A-N-A-N-A-S! Do we want bananas? Yes!” Everyone’s demanding bananas in beloved kids’ musician Laurie Berkner’s rollicking new song and video, and Laurie doesn’t know what’s going on!
Watch the “Everyone’s Demanding Bananas” video HERE.
Kids will go bananas for this adorable video, and no matter whether they say “banana” or “banahna,” they’ll want to watch it again and again.
“I had so much fun writing this song!'” says Laurie Berkner. “It was inspired by a colleague whose kids were continually asking for bananas while we were on a Zoom call. I was so tickled by how she reacted that I borrowed the phrase that came out of her mouth, ‘Everyone’s demanding bananas – I don’t know what’s going on!’ and turned it into a song.
I hope that kids who watch the music video will have fun spelling the word ‘bananas,’ being part of the call and response, going bananas while they move their bodies in all of the different ways we sing about, and reveling in the true silliness of the whole song.”
Laurie’s new album, Laurie Berkner Greatest Hits, will be released on all streaming platforms and on CD on Friday, May 2, 2025. 28 all-time favorite Laurie Berkner songs – spanning more than a quarter of a century – will finally be showcased in one collection! Many of Laurie’s original fans from the early ‘90s now have children of their own, and a whole new generation of kids adores Laurie just as much as their parents do. Laurie Berkner Greatest Hits has something for everyone, the young and the young at heart.
ABOUT LAURIE BERKNER
Recognized as “the queen of kids’ music” by People magazine, Laurie Berkner is a singer, songwriter, performer, author, and founder of Two Tomatoes Records, LLC. With more than 1.7 billion total streams, an average of more than 22 million monthly streams, more than 535 million YouTube channel views, and millions of CDs and DVDs sold, Laurie’s songs have become beloved classics for children worldwide.
Business Insider dubbed Laurie “the gold standard of the children’s music world.” As a leader and innovator in children’s music and entertainment for more than 25 years, Laurie has released 16 bestselling, award-winning albums, was the first recording artist ever to perform in music videos on Noggin, appeared regularly on the network’s Jack’s Big Music Show, and helped develop the short form animated musical preschool series Sing It, Laurie! on Universal Kids (formerly Sprout TV). She has made multiple appearances on national TV shows such as Today, Good Morning America, Live with Kelly and Mark, The Tamron Hall Show, and more.
Laurie has authored several picture books based on her songs and has created two Laurie Berkner’s Song and Story Kitchen series with Audible Studios, who released them as 10-chapter audio books through the Audible Originals brand. She has written the music and lyrics for three Off-Broadway children’s musicals originally produced by New York City Children’s Theatre and now presented regionally. Laurie has performed at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the White House, among many other prestigious venues.
Laurie Berkner has received tremendous critical acclaim. USA Today named Laurie “the undisputed queen of kindie rock.” The New York Times lauded Laurie as “the Adele of the preschool crowd.” The Wall Street Journal called Laurie “one of the most popular children’s performers in America … her music is distinctive because it speaks to kids without talking down to them, charming youngsters without boring grown-ups.” NPR’s All Things Considered declared, “Laurie Berkner is like a goddess to these children.”
Laurie Berkner Performance Highlights – March – June 2025
Laurie Berkner’s new album, “Laurie Berkner Greatest Hits,” will be released on May 2, 2025.
March 14 – Free “Everybody’s Birthday Party” live mini-concerts on Laurie’s Facebook, TikTok, & Instagram – 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time
March 22 – Hartford, CT – The Bushnell
March 29 – Rochester, NY – Theater at Innovation Square
March 30 – Albany, NY – The Egg
April 26 – East Greenwich, RI – Greenwich Odeum
April 27 – Beverly, MA – The Cabot
May 3 – San Francisco, CA – Marines’ Memorial Theatre
May 4 – Los Angeles, CA – Great Big Family Play Day, Griffith Park
May 31 – Wilmington, DE – Grand Opera House
June 1 – Peekskill, NY – Paramount Hudson Valley
Laurie Berkner’s Website.
Laurie Berkner on Audible.
Laurie Berkner on Facebook.
Laurie Berkner on Instagram.
Laurie Berkner on TikTok.
Laurie Berkner on Pinterest.
Laurie Berkner on YouTube.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
