Category Archives: albums

We first performed over 30 years ago as Trout Fishing in America. We feel incredibly lucky to be entertaining audiences and making the music we love all these years later. “Lookin’ at Lucky” is our first full length CD for … Continue reading →

My Name is Chicken Joe is the first picture book/CD combo from Trout Fishing in America. Wired.com’s Geekdad reviewer Brad Moon put it this way: “When National Public Radio refers to you as ‘the Lennon and McCartney of kids’ music,’ you’ve … Continue reading →

If you are reading this, then you are a part of our Big Round World. We all have to share and care for this world. Here are 14 songs about our life experiences as we’ve traveled this Big Round World. … Continue reading →

Who Knows What We Might Do? is a set of five original Trout Fishing in America songs geared more to the grownup side of life. The title track looks at the increasing difficulty of “acting your age” as you get … Continue reading →

My Best Day was recorded live in Conway on a snowy day, and presented on AETN. It was nominated for a Grammy in 2006, and won NAPPA Gold Award and a Parents’ Choice Silver Honor. Now you can experience the … Continue reading →

Merry Fishes to All received a Grammy nomination for ‘Best Musical Album for Children’.  Family Fun magazine called it ‘the Year’s Best Christmas CD,’ saying that the songs are ‘so fresh they practically wiggle.’ Ben Fong-Torres wrote in Parade magazine about its … Continue reading →

It’s a Puzzle is a Dr. Toy’s “10 Best” album with a selection of songs that express the experiences of kids everywhere. In fact, “Alien in My Nose” grew out of one of Trout Fishing’s songwriting workshops. Here’s what FamilyFun … Continue reading →

InFINity is another Grammy nominated album from Trout Fishing in America. Here’s what Chicago Parent said about InFINity: “Musicians with the magic touch” Fred Koch The children’s musicians I feature this month understand that their art, livelihood and ultimate success … Continue reading →

Closer to the Truth is a family friendly folk rock album from Trout Fishing in America.  “Closer To The Trout ,” a review in Songwriter’s Monthly, said of this album, The Trouts are quite an amazing pair of writers. Great … Continue reading →

My World is an award-winning collection of kids’ songs that give grown ups a peek into a child’s world — and vice versa. “If this doesn’t brighten your day, nothing will,” says FamilyFun magazine. Chicago Parent put it like this: … Continue reading →

Reel Life, an album by Grammy nominees Trout Fishing in America, is danceable folk rock with world music influences. Songs The Number Of That Truck Lightning More Than Love Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyeballs Sleepytime Cartoon Eleven … Continue reading →

A review in Music Monthly describes Who Are These People? as “a new direction for folk music,” but you’ll find it danceable, too. Songs Carry Me There’s A Panther In Michigan Never Look Down Who Are These People? Serious About … Continue reading →

Mine is an award-winning album from Trout Fishing in America, available on CD and MP3. Songs Boiled Okra And Spinach 18 Wheels On A Big Rig (Written by Heywood Banks South Hand Music) Mine! Hall Of A Hundred Doors Swimming … Continue reading →

Over the Limit was named Indie Pop Album of the Year in 1992, cementing Trout Fishing in America’s reputation as (in the words of Nashville Scene) “one of the most energetic and innovative” bands around. Just A Little While You … Continue reading →

Truth is Stranger than Fishin’ is the debut release from four time Grammy nominees Trout Fishing in America. Brian Mansville of Nashville Scene writes, “Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet-who take their name from a Richard Brautigan novel of the 1960s-sound … Continue reading →