What's New

Quaker Oats Cereal begins airing a commercial on television in Mexico for morning breakfast cereal featuring Barry's 1975 song Me and You. The TV ad begins running in April, 2012.

A Date With a Woodsman Ad
Yes, that's Barry singing his song on the new Honda ad airing a few times a day on national television. Barry sings All I Want is You (which was also used in the opening credits of the film Juno). Watch the Honda spot here--if you can't get enough of it on TV.

American Idol features Barry's song All I Want is You in their January, 2012 broadcast nation-wide.

Barry is a new musical play featuring the songs of Barry Louis Polisar. Written and produced by a fan who had his albums growing up, this play will premiere at the Sheridan Opera House in Telluride, Colorado in December, 2011.

A Tribute To Barry Louis Polisar
Musicians from around the world have come together to record Barry's songs in genres as diverse as hip-hop, folk, jazz, and rock. Titled We're Not Kidding: A Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar, this brand new double CD offers sixty different songs. With a diversity of songs and styles, this album will appeal to kids and adults alike. Listen to free samples here.

Barry's song in the film Juno
Recorded in 1977, Barry's song All I Want is You is used throughout the opening credits of the movie Juno. The song appears over the animation sequence at the begining of the film and is also the first song on the movie soundtrack recording, released by Rhino Records. It has since been covered by numerous other artists on other recordings and has popped up in TV shows, films and commercials all over the world. Find out more here.

Barry's songs will be featured in two other movies coming out in early 2012. Click here

Eat Mor Kidz ad campaign begins. Taking it's cue from Barry's first record album--I Eat Kids--released in 1975, graphic designer Michael Emory Niemchick of Michigan produces this great billboard for an imaginary ad campaign.

A Grammy Award was given to Juno in 2009 for "Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For a Motion Picture." Barry's song All I Want is You is the first song on the film soundtrack recording which has gone Platinum and sold over a million copies. Barry was also given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Children's Music Web for his work.

A second Grammy Award was given to All About Bullies in 2012 for "Best Children's Recording." Barry's song Town of Round was featured on this compilation album for children.

Barry interviews Pete Seeger,
Oscar Brand, Ella Jenkins, Jim Copp and many other singers and songwriters who write and perform for children. The interviews aren't new, but we finally got them out of the vault and have begun to post excerpts here.

Curious Creatures is the first of two new poetry books for children that have been released. David Clark is completing the illustrations for Something Fishy, Barry's other new collection.

Neverlost, by Chad Archibald of Blackfawn Films, is a Canadian film released in 2012 that uses Barry's song You're As Sweet As Sugar on a Stick in the opening credits.

Ten Year is the new film being released in the Spring of 2012, that will feature Barry's song You Can't Say Psbpsbpsb on the Radio. The film, starring Channing Tatum, Ron Livingston, Justin Long, Rosario Dawson, and Anthony Mackie, is about a group of friends returning home for their ten year high school reunion, as they reconcile their current lives with the hopes and desires they had ten years earlier.

Telling The Story:
A Passover Haggadah Explained.
An easy to read Haggadah that explains many of the spiritual origins of the Passover holiday traditions without compromising tradtition.

It's not the cover of Rolling Stone but it will do! Barry is featured on the cover of Songwriters Monthly, reviewed in Booklist Magazine and profiled in Driftwood Magazine. Read the profile story here.

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