Get Lit: Brooklyn Family Band 'Ida' Performs

In this episode of All of It, host Alison Stewart welcomes the Brooklyn-based family band Ida—Elizabeth Mitchell, Daniel Littleton, and their daughter Story Littleton—for a special Get Lit event celebrating the release of Story's debut solo album, 'At a Diner.' The conversation unfolds with warmth and humor, exploring how music has been the central thread in their family life for over 30 years. Elizabeth and Daniel reflect on founding Ida in the early 1990s, creating children’s music that earned Grammy nominations, and how their experiences teaching and making music with children helped prepare them for parenthood. Story shares her journey from growing up immersed in music to writing her first album at 18, and discusses the shift from band collaboration to solo work. The family also reveals their upcoming 'one guitar tour'—a stripped-down, intimate living room show experiment—and their plans to return to performing for kids, possibly at libraries. The episode closes with a moving performance of Leonard Cohen’s 'The Nightingale,' a song that has become a family tradition, symbolizing their deep musical bond.