THE BILLY KELLY SHOW Plays 92Y Tribeca On May 22

With jaunty aplomb and a giddy inclination to rock out, Billy Kelly and his band The Blahblahblahs will bring The Billy Kelly Show to 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., NYC, at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 22. Says Billy, "Our family show is all about dancing, shouting and laughing, both on stage and off. It's loose, it's a hodgepodge, it's friendly, comfortable, and just about anything goes!"

Billy Kelly promises an eclectic, humor-filled, high-energy indie-rock show in which audience participation features prominently alongside electric guitars, keyboards, and the occasional trombone. Epic songs, including a seven-minute bio of a cardboard box, and zany props such as a giant foam hand, a lobster hat, an English muffin hat, a talking swamp creature, a dancing robot, and Billy's oversize doodle pad (which he dubs "My Pad on Which I Draw Stuff) are Kelly's hallmarks. The Billy Kelly Show experience goes far, far beyond a typical kids' music concert. Explains Billy, "Our goal is to have people feel, when it's all over, like they've been to a rock concert, not a kiddie music show."

Billy Kelly & The Blahblahblahs will play audience favorites from Billy's critically praised albums, Thank You for Joining the Happy Club and Is This Some Kind of Joke?, along with tunes from his soon-to-be released CD, The Family Garden, possibly including "The Invention of the Straw," which Billy describes as "a real up-tempo number, chronicling the amazing, albeit factually inaccurate, story of the invention of the drinking straw. This is a truly strange song, even for me. It's loaded with completely false information from beginning to end. This song asserts, among other things, that Nancy Reagan was Queen of England in 1997. Also, it has a good beat and you can dance to it."

On January 1st, 2009 Billy Kelly made a New Year's resolution to record a CD of some of the songs he had written over the years for his two daughters. A few months later Thank You For Joining The Happy Club was released. Much to Billy's delight, the album was rapidly embraced by kids' music bloggers, kids' music radio programs, and, most importantly, by kids! His song "People Really Like Milk" went to #1 on Sirius/XM's Kids Place Live chart, remaining on the chart for the better part of summer 2009, and scoring a glowing review on NPR's All Things Considered. Thank You For Joining The Happy Club made the Time Out New York Kids and About.com/Children's Music "Best Kids' CDs of 2009" lists. Common Sense Media praised the album's "School-House-Rock feel that's super fun ... vast appeal for kids and adults alike." Warren Truitt of Kids' Music That Rocks called the CD "a super set of indie rock songs for kids ... Breezy, slyly humorous tunes ... Super duper children's music debut!"

Following the release of Thank You For Joining The Happy Club, Billy jumped feet first into making quirky animated and live action music videos for kids, writing more songs, and playing shows throughout the country with The Blahblahblahs. In August 2010 he released a 10-song CD, Is This Some Kind of Joke?, which includes a duet with Davy Jones of The Monkees. This album features the longest, most heavily produced song about a cardboard box in the history of popular music and probably in the history of cardboard boxes, too. Stefan Shepherd of Zooglobble placed Is This Some Kind of Joke? on his "Top 10 Kids' Albums of 2010" list and declared, "No joke - this is a seriously fun album. Highly recommended." Jeff Bogle of Out With the Kids enthused, "There isn't another soul alive making music for children quite like Billy Kelly. And that is not some kind of joke."

WHAT: Billy Kelly & The Blahblahblahs in Concert
WHERE: 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson St., NYC.
WHEN: Sunday, May 22. 11:00 A.M.
TICKETS: $15. Children under two free.
INFO: (212) 601-1000 http://92y.org/92yTribeca

http://thebillykellyshow.com

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