:: JAKE'S ZIGGY ZAGGY ROAD IS ON THE GRAMMY BALLOT!!
Jake's amazing third album "Ziggy Zaggy Road" has just been placed on the Grammy Award ballot for "Best Musical Album for Children". From here, US music industry voters choose which CDs become one of the five nominations for the big prize! Have a listen... we think it's a winner!



::JAKE LOVED MEETING YOU THIS SUMMER...
Thanks to all the thousands of folks who made music with Jake this summer. From Winnipeg to Ottawa, there was a lot of fine hula dancing, drumming, and singing going on!

Here are some nice things you had to say about the shows:

" You have such a natural easy going way with the kids which really had them interacting and participating in your show..."

"When watching and listening to Jake perform, one cannot help but smile and clap along to his appealing melodies... Jake's love of life and children shines through."


:: ZIGGY ZAGGY ROAD WINS PARENTS' CHOICE AWARD!
Jake's latest album has just won a 2008 Parents' Choice Recommended Award!

"Wrapped in big, rich layers of guitars, horns and strings, Jake Differ's heartfelt songs go sailing, reflect on the deeper meaning of gardens, and celebrate todays," the Parents' Choice review says, commenting that Jake and his "polished fellow musicians and singers are equally adept at upbeat and witty musical detours for some cow-counting, partying on the bayou, and swinging to a hot jump-and-jive big band." Read the full review here.

DID YOU KNOW? This is Jake's third Parents' Choice Award - one for each CD! "Happy All of the Time" was given the Approved Award and "Take A Little Ride With Me" was awarded Gold.

::GREAT REVIEWS FOR ZIGGY ZAGGY ROAD!
Toronto's City Parent loves Jake's new CD ZIGGY ZAGGY ROAD! Reviewer Diane Parent comments on the "superb musicianship", and the "thoughtful poetic lyrics", and says that even though Jake has "matured a lot", "he still has fun in him"! (No kidding! Check out "Cow Counting Association of North America" or "Space", to name just a couple of rather silly songs on Ziggy Zaggy Road!)

Our good friend and beautiful children's musician Jack Grunsky said, "Wow. What a great production and what a rockin' band. I love the energy and fun feel of it. The quiet songs are also quite engaging. Congratulations on a great job." Visit Jack's website to find out about his latest music releases.

Ziggy Zaggy Road features special guests Cadence, Silken Laumann, Pierre Schryer, Chris Krienke, Glenn Jennings, the Peterborough Children's Chorus and many more wonderful musicians.

ORDER ZIGGY ZAGGY ROAD TODAY!

:: JAKE SONG CHOSEN FOR 2008 CALIFORNIA SUMMER READING PROGRAM PODCAST
Jake's beautiful song "If I Were a Little Flea" was chosen from hundreds of submissions for the 2008 California Summer Reading Program podcast BUGS.

:: JAKE IS FEATURED IN SONGWRITERS MAGAZINE
Jake is featured, along with prominent Canadian children's musicians Jack Grunsky and Charlotte Diamond, in the current issue of Songwriters Magazine! Jake talks about his love for writing children's music, saying, ""You're helping people to define what music will be in their life when they're very, very young and play a positive role in it. It's the most rewarding thing I've ever done musically." Read the whole article here.

:: 'LULLABIES' COMPILATION WINS NAPPA GOLD
Jake's song "Island Dreams" is included on the Casablanca Kids compilation "Lullabies", which won a 2006 National Parenting Publications Association (NAPPA) Gold Award. The reviewers comment "This perfect potpourri of sleepy-time tunes is performed by a who's who of award-winning children's artists." Jake's are included on several Casablanca Kids compilations (along with Canadian musical legends Fred Penner, Jack Grunsky and Sharon Lois & Bram) selling in thousands of stores across North America.

::SILKEN LAUMANN & CADENCE JOIN ZIGGY ZAGGY ROAD
Silken Laumann makes an appearance on the song "Child's Play", which Jake wrote as a theme song for her book of the same name. The song is a bonus track on Jake's new CD Ziggy Zaggy Road. And the amazing a capella jazz quartet Cadence recorded some great harmonies for "Three Eggs Busy Legs Social Band", also on Ziggy Zaggy Road. It's a crazy swinging tune, and Cadence sounds great. (PS - a capella means they sing without instruments) (PPS - Cadence was nominated for a 2006 Juno for Best Vocal Jazz Album!)

::DOWNLOAD JAKE!
Do you have an MP3 player? Download Jake's songs and albums here: Apple iTunes, emusic.com,napster.com and musicstrands.com. Or buy an old-fashioned CD online (see form on this page) or at your local store.

::HEAR JAKE ON THE RADIO!
Online at LoopyMoose Radio
Uncle Chris' The Kids' Show New Orleans WTUL 91.5)
Pat's All Ages Show on WPRB New York
Jeff Brown's We Like Kids on KTOO Juneau, Alaska

::ALL ABOUT JAKE!
You've found the website for children's songwriter and performer JAKE DIFFER, three-time Parents' Choice Award winner and Juno nominee! His first CD TAKE A LITTLE RIDE WITH ME won a Parents' Choice Gold Award, his second CD HAPPY ALL OF THE TIME was nominated for a 2006 Juno Award (Canadian equivalent of a Grammy Award) for "Children's Album of the Year" and received a Parents' Choice Award as well. JAKE's latest CD ZIGGY ZAGGY ROAD, released in the fall of 2007, has just received the Parents' Choice Recommended Award. Jake performs live at festivals, libraries, schools, day cares and corporate events. Thanks for dropping by! Before you go, take a look around, listen to some tunes, and by all means, say hi !! Read more about Jake here.