Kindie Rock Stars

Josh Shriber of Jammin With You (and Josh & the Jamtones) joins the show to tell us about the Jammin With You music school for kids of all ages.  We also talk about their hilarious show called JamTV, available on YouTube, done with partners Greg Luzitano and Kara Kulpa.  Josh shares the recent song and video for “Love Bug”.  Be sure to check out the amazing work that Josh and his team are doing to create new musical superstars!...

Charlotte Talbot, the creative force behind Cee Bee Teatime, returns to the show to talk about some more of her recent song releases for pre-school and young listeners. Charlotte has been a guest on the show each season, and she’s a wonderful person and friend of the show.  Songs featured in this episode include: 

1 – We Love the Countryside
2 – What Do the Parts of Your Body Do?
3 – My House Can Talk

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Dana Cohenour of Dana’s Music Playground returns to the show to talk about her new album “Wonder FULL” and the inspiration behind the songs.  Dana works with James Coffey on some great music videos and has won several awards already for the album and it’s songs, including the Clouzine Intl Music Awards, Global Music Awards, Creative Child Magazine Award and the HIM Awards. She shares 5 song and 3 video stories with us on the show, ...

Children's Musician and accomplished Voice Actress Debi Derryberry returns to the show to share her new lullaby album called “Go to Sleep Lullaby Album”.  We talk about her inspiration to do a lullaby album and she shares the story of 5 of the songs.  Meant to be played until your child falls asleep – let Debi know what track number your kids finally dozed off on!  Songs featured on this show include:  

1 – Go To Slee...

Lindsay McIntosh and Owen McIntosh of Musica Sierra join the show to talk about their non-profit focused on arts and entertainment with Kindergarten through 6th grade development in mind.  Featuring collaborators Fire & Grace (William Coulter and Edwin Huizinga) and The Nightbirds (Ashley Hoyer, Samantha Harvey and Jade Hendrix), their newest album “Garden” was made with Kindergarten in mind and the relationship with the Earth ...

Nicole Porter of You and Us returns to the show to share the stories and songs from her new album "Fun Machine Dream Vol 1", produced by Luther Dickinson.  We also touch back on the critically important work that she does with Emerald Sketch to help children throughout the world recover from trauma and traumatic events.  She shares 5 songs and a bonus song at the end, including:

1 – Restore Harmony

2 – Funky Farm

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Lisa Joy Pimentel and Joanie Pimentel, known to us in the kindie community as The Hat Ladies, join the show to talk about their inspiration to make music for kids and families and tell stories about the making of their first album, You’re a Star as well as their new album called Hat Lady Magic.  Have you seen the movie Jackpot! With John Cena and Awkwafina?  If you did, you’ll have heard a Hat Ladies song, a wonderful cover of “It’...

Good friends of the show Todd'n'Tina return to talk about their new album “The Color Weasel”.  We do some fun deep dives into both the making of the album and the featured songs, which include:  

1 – The Color Weasel

2 – Chicken Pot Pie

3 – (Not Another) Dinosaur Song

4 – Spooky Cat

5 – Safe Harbor

Find the Album at:

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/0tzD3jXE4uqpilNsIdlfJC?si=6vyyJrGTS128iVro8w...

Don Jordan, Director of Nutshell Playhouse, joins the show to tell us about this wonderful multimedia company that creates music, shows and podcasts.  Started in 2007 and inspired by Don’s time and experience with theater in France, they debuted with a show and have been adding new shows ever since.  The shows are free of charge in the Berkshire County area of Massachusetts.  In addition to talking about Nutshell Playhouse, he shar...

Returning to the show from Vancouver, Canada is Dustin Sacks of the band DinoCats.  Formerly known as Koobee Kids, he talks about the inspiration to return to the name DinoCats.  He also shares the fun and martial arts inspired story behind the featured song "Never Give Up".

Find the Song at:

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Q3MZjPtuuZYBem9f67RMZ?si=6be6272852b0419e

The featured songs...

Mark Pagano, known to us in the kindie world as Marko Polo, joins the show to to talk about the making of his new album "Tree Sounds" which features some great songs, which are shared on this show.  He also shares some fun news about an upcoming project! Featured Songs include:

1 – In the Park
2 – Evergreen (Feat. Molly Ledford)
3 – I Was a Tree
4 – Leaves (Feat. Andrew & Polly)

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Our favorite pirate, Captain Festus McBoyle, returns to the show to catch us up on the progress with the new album, ”Captain Festus McBoyle: The Prose and the Cons”.  The new album isn't due until later this year, but we get to hear some more singles and some pretty cool inspirations for a number of them  Songs and song stories featured in this episode include:  

Show Opener

1 – Brand New Day

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2 – Sonnet of...

Matt and Michelle of Matt and the Dragonflies join the show to talk about their debut album "Dragonfly Ring!”.  Inspired by the random songs he would sing to his young daughter years ago, Matt has finally turned those into full-fledged songs with the help of Michelle and his young sons, all of whom feature on the album.  They share 5 featured songs and one bonus one, including:

1 – Brush the Sugarbugs
2 – Letter S...

Shawn Thicke, better known as Shawny to kids and Kindie music fans, returns to the show to talk about his new album "Go Go Stop – Music & Movement for Kids” and all of the things that inspired the songs.  This album is ready-made for live shows!  He shares 5 featured songs, including:

1 – Go Go Stop
2 – Little Bubbles
3 – So Different (Feat. Buddy)
4 – Pirate Life
5 – Here Comes the Sharks!

Frank Gallo of Rolie Polie Guacamole returns the show to talk about their latest albums, other projects they’ve been working on and Frank’s own mayoral aspirations in NYC.  We talk about the late Steve Albini and how he impacted them in so many ways along with some other awesome inspirations on their work from such iconic bands as Nirvana, the Ramones, Ween, Primus and others.  Songs featured in this episode include: 

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Jesse Friedberg, better known to all of us as Jesse Jukebox, returns to the show to talk about his amazing new album “Jesse Jukebox Sells Out”. Brought to you by Squeens Corp, Jesse takes you on a trip through silliness and fun with great songs and hilarious skits.  Get ready to meet The Bland Boys, DJ Terkey Sandwich, Periwinkle and McClack – Attorneys at Law and many more. He shares 5 songs and skits off the album, including:

Troy Neilson, better known to all of us as the awesomely named Mr Super Dude, joins the show to talk about his newest song and video for “Baby Boogie” and how he transformed from his hip-hop roots to the Kindie genre and how the name Super Dude followed him.  The Baby Boogie video is a ton of fun, and keep your eyes and ears open to a number of callouts to our fellow artists in the Kindie world.  

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Jade and Daniel of Chef Bisous join the show to talk about their album “Tasty Tunes Volume 1” and the inspiration behind their fun food themed personas.  Known as Chef Bisous and Sous Chef Encore, they create delightful and very educational songs and videos for families. They share 5 song and video stories with us on the show, including:   

1 – Dinosaur Song
2 – Gingerbread Man Song
3 – Mix It Up Song (Feat. Sonshi...

Johnny and Beth of Electric Blue Yonder join the show to talk about their debut children’s album “MicroPARTY”.  Their journey into children’s music began with a lullaby made as a gift to a special young child.  From there, they crafted a unique album of music sure to appeal to both children and adults alike with whimsical topics and cool instrumentation that could transport adult listeners back to the 60’s and 70’s.  They share 5 s...