For your Grammy® Consideration
Best Children’s Album
About the Album
“Since, Dance, Play”
Broadway actress Vasthy Mompoint is joined by Broadway’s best to create an inclusive and joyful celebration for kids and families everywhere to enjoy! The album features family friendly pop, rock and rap songs with themes of feeling big feelings, meeting hate with love, dancing with your soul (and sole), believing you can be anything, loving our planet Earth, celebrating our bodies and more.
Vasthy and Friends was created by Vasthy Mompoint and Mason Granger during the COVID-19 pandemic after seeing a great need for joy and creativity for kids and caregivers nationwide. Now with the help of Associate Producer, Leanne Gadow, they have produced an album featuring featuring Broadway Stars Lillias White, Vasthy Mompoint, Lilli Cooper, Abby C. Smith, Nick Cearley, Mike Messer, Richard Riaz Yoder, Mason Granger, Ethan Slater, Jerusha Cavazos, Lauren Molina, Rob Morrison, Adam Roberts, Danny Skinner, Gilbert L. Bailey II and Juliane Godfrey.
Executive Production: Grangepoint Productions, LLC
Produced by Mike Messer at Electric LennyLand, NYC
Mixed and Mastered by Ryan Ball at the Gearbox Recording Studio
Vasthy and Friends was created by and features Mompoint, a first-generation Haitian-American who grew up in Alabama, went on to be in eight Broadway shows but never saw herself represented on film, TV, or stage. Various performing guests join her on the album, adding music, dance, and even poetry to the mix. Dedicated to authentic representation across the board, Vasthy and Friends produces content that reflects the importance for all kids to see themselves reflected back with a smile.
Mompoint, host of Vasthy and Friends, states: “We are so excited to help a new generation of kiddos fall in love with the art form of music just like we did. When done right, music has the power to make everyone feel seen. It can inspire one to make change and, in a world that might seem dim, can lead to a wonderful world of empathy by simply putting oneself into another’s shoes (we hope some nice shiny glitter ones!)”