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Here's some places that The Pokey Pup has been featured:
Babble.com
The Pokey Pup is a sweet online resource for parents looking to expand their kid-friendly music and media collection. Don't roll your eyes - you won't find any heinous "Music Together" or Barney sing-alongs here. What you will find is cool for all ages... read more.
School Library Journal
12 Kids' Albums You Can't Live Without
"...And if you're looking for a choice mix of kid-friendly music, head straight to The Pokey Pup, which stocks the most eclectic selection in cyberspace...." read more
Playthings Magazine
A Children's Music Store's Fast Start
"To paraphrase Bob Dylan, sometimes growing up means growing younger, and that's just what happened to independent record store owner Bryan Townsend, founder of Atlanta's The Pokey Pup (www.thepokeypup.com), a recently launched e-tailer of children's music, DVDs and books..." read more
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Music for kids' ears: How parents can be guides(June 2, 2007 by Nick Marino)
"Bryan Townsend, a northwest Atlanta father who runs the online kids' music Web site PokeyPup ... We've sorted the recommendations by age group from babies to adolescents, guided by the age classes that Townsend uses on his site ... Byran Townsend's Pokey Pup site has a "For the Whole Family" category that skews toward indie rock and canonical pop. Artists include soul queen Aretha Franklin, British rock band Blur, reggae superstar Bob Marley, folk-rock icon Bruce Springsteen and hot young rock..."
Atlanta Intown Magazine
"The Pokey Pup is a new online shopping source for kids and parents featuring CDs, DVDs, books and more, planning to add clothes, too. Founder Bryan Townsend says he and his wife founded Pokey Pup to counter "dancing dinosaurs and singing aliens" that have flooded the market. The mission: To offer music, entertainment, books and toys that parents enjoy as much as their kids do. For more information about The Pokey Pup, visit www.pokeypup.com."
Fox 5 Atlanta
"Bryan Townsend is a recording industry veteran and has come up with a unique way to help parents and kids find some stimulation through music." Click here for video.
GoCityKids.com
"If you want your kids' musical tastes to run beyond certain purple dinosaurs and jumping Australians, then a visit to The Pokey Pup is in order. This cool dad-designed marketplace boasts a growing selection of CDs, DVDs, books and other goodies for kids of varying ages and their families. You'll find some real gems here (check the classic kids section) that take you back, and some new musical territory to explore. The Rockabye Baby! series is available here, too, but don't bother looking for Barney. Instead, let the Pup hook you up with some great alternatives."
London Times
’Cos my baby loves to boogie
"...Music for babies that looks beyond Barney the Dinosaur and The Wheels on the Bushas quietly gained popularity: Belle and Sebastian and St Etienne have both released albums of children’s songs, while the Atlanta-based website the Pokey Pup offers lullaby versions of rock classics as well as suggesting “adult” music that kids might enjoy...." read more
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Cream of the musical crop
"Need help spicing up your child's music repertoire?
The Pokey Pup (pokeypup.com) is like having a friendly independent record store in your own home. The creation of Bryan Townsend, a music industry vet and owner of Underdog Records in Atlanta, The Pokey Pup offers CDs in a variety of genres, hand picked for quality. The father of a 1-year-old son, Townsend found that there was a wealth of music and entertainment for kids but not all of it is good. He's developed an impressive catalog of nearly 1,000 CDs, DVDs and books. The site has featured picks (two great ones right now: Ben Rudnick & Friends' Grace's Bell or Park Slope Parents: The Album) and also categorizes music by age-appropriateness. A nice touch: the site also suggests good music picks for adults."
Canwest News
No more annoying kids music. Now your child can rock, or swing to country, with you
"A new online store offers salvation for parents who would rather listen to a garbage truck backing up than one more shrill refrain from the mouth of a cartoon character.
The Pokey Pup, an Atlanta-based virtual store that ships to Canada, is selling "alternative" children's music and DVDs ranging from rock and bluegrass to classical and country. The online shop also offers a selection of grown-up fare deemed family-friendly, from contemporary indie-rock darlings like Arcade Fire to Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley and The Beatles.
"You can only listen to The Wheels on the Bus so many times without it driving you crazy," says founder Bryan Townsend, 34.
It's the latest example of how Generation X (variously defined to include those born between the mid-1960s and late-'70s) is re-shaping parenting. >From sexy nursing bras to pint-sized Ramones T-shirts and trendy baby carriers for carting offspring from concert hall to art gallery, its preferences indicate Gen-Xers refuse to stop being themselves just because they've become parents..."
MTV Sticky
"...Pokey Pup is a relatively new online store
that stocks children’s books and music
for more niche tastes. The aim is to supply
merchandise that will entertain kids while
also meeting parental standards of taste
and quality. The store’s tag line is ‘hip stuff
for cool kids (and their parents)’. Apparently
sales have doubled each month since
Pokey Pup’s launch in 2005...." read more
Video Business
New e-tail site offers DVDs for preschoolers
Dad Gone Mad
"If you aren't familiar with the Pokey Pup, it is an extraordinarily cool independent retailer of music, books and DVDs for kids..."
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