Kids' Music Superstar Laurie Berkner's 'Greatest Hits Solo Tour' Heads to Vermont

Best-selling children's recording artist and preschool television favorite Laurie Berkner is coming to Vermont and making her Burlington debut! Laurie will bring her Greatest Hits Solo Tour to Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT with two family shows at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 14.

Says Laurie Berkner, "I'm really excited about performing in Burlington for the first time. I've heard so much about the up-close-and-personal feel of Higher Ground, and I'm honored to be able to share my music there!"

Laurie Berkner's all-ages concerts will feature such popular hits as "Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz)," "Victor Vito," "We Are The Dinosaurs," and "Pig on Her Head." Kids should plan to bring their dancing shoes and a stuffed animal (for their heads).

At her solo shows, in addition to familiar hits, Laurie Berkner performs songs that don't always fit with a full-band performance: tunes with simpler arrangements, hand motions, and a cappella singing, like "Bottle Caps," "One Seed," "Telephone," and "Drive My Car."

To give everyone a chance to catch their breath between high-energy moments, the show will include quieter interludes, with songs such as Laurie's classic "Moon Moon Moon."

As a special treat, Laurie Berkner's Higher Ground shows will be among the first concerts at which Laurie performs songs from her new album, Superhero. Superhero is Laurie's first full album since 2008 to be comprised entirely of all-new songs. This is the album Laurie's fans have been waiting for!

Dubbed "one of children's music's biggest success stories" by USA Today, Laurie Berkner's original songs, albums, DVDs, music videos, and books leave no doubt: Laurie is the uncrowned queen of children's music and the power behind the progressive "kindie rock" movement.

Laurie Berkner was the first artist to ever appear in music videos on Nick Jr. and was featured in nearly all the episodes of the channel's Jack's Big Music Show. She currently stars in the animated musical short-form series Sing It, Laurie! on the Sprout preschool channel and has made frequent appearances on Sprout's Sunny Side Up morning show. Laurie is also a familiar presence on SiriusXM's Kids Place Live.

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, will publish three picture books with Laurie Berkner over the next two years. The first, We Are the Dinosaurs, is scheduled for release in March 2017. We Are the Dinosaurs may be pre-ordered on the Simon & Schuster website HERE.

A former preschool music teacher by day and indie rocker by night, Laurie Berknerstarted selling her music nearly twenty years ago out of her living room on her own label, Two Tomatoes Records. Laurie has received tremendous critical acclaim. Time Magazine lauded Laurie as "a kind of sippy-cup Sheryl Crow ... Berkner inhabits a kid's curious perspective in her lyrics and pens folk-pop melodies that bear repeated -- very repeated -- listenings." 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."

Watch Laurie Berkner in action on her Youtube channel HERE.

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