Kindie Rock Stars

I am my own guest for this show, as I share songs and song stories from Party Time with Patrick and give an update on the future of the Kindie Rock Stars podcast.  Songs featured in this episode include: 

1 – Birthday Bash
2 – Graduation Days
3 – Life of the Party
4 – Halloween House
5 – Christmas Morning

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https://open.spotify.com/album/4WK2SEDQJ7hEHBjjUpjGbZ...

Jada Siwak of Jada & Friends returns to the show to talk about her rebranding from Jada’s Children’s Music and Books to Jada & Friends and shares to song and song story for “Thanks a Million”, her new song! 

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Coming Soon!

The featured song will be added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 6 Spotify playlist.  Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 6 Playlist on Spotify:
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Matt Moffitt of Matt and the Dragonflies returns to the show to share the story and video for their music video debut!  Letter Sounds is the first video and was filmed in Victoria, BC, Canada.  Matt shares all the tools and tricks he discovered in the video making process.

YouTube Episode  Video Link: https://youtu.be/qhUdj-GrZY4

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Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/6PwVpIiGzJJrfbeJfNBoyb?si=47865534...

Marsha Goodman-Wood of Marsha and the Positrons returns to the show to share the song and video stories for Counting on My Brain, Fly Ladybug Fly and Shoelaces.  We catch up on what she’s been working on since she was last on the show and we close it out with Walking on Sunshine, our collaboration from Kindies Do the 80’s Volume 2.   

1 – Counting on My Brain
2 – Fly Ladybug Fly
3 – Shoelaces

Bonus

4 – Walk...

Andy Zamenes, better known as Andy Z, joins the show to tell us about his new album called “My Voice”.  He talks about touring life and shares some fun stories and songs from the album along with a bonus track that Andy and I made for the Kindies Do the 80's album series.  Songs and song stories include:

1 – My Voice

2 – Flutter Flutter Butterfly

3 – Mariposa Vuela (feat. 123 Andres)

4 – It’s Not Your Fault

5 – Buzzabee

Bonus

6 – Sta...

Katie Dwyer of Katie Dwyer Music returns to the show to talk about her upcoming album release called “Warm Fuzzies”.  We catch up on what Katie has been up to since she was last on the show and she shares some fun album and song stories.  With the album out in October, consider this show the ultimate sneak preview!  Songs and song stories include:

1 – Metronome

2 – Ron the Robin

3 – Moody Schmoody

4 – Farmer Fred

5 – When You ...

Twinkle Time returns to the show to talk about her new album “A Non Fiction Fairytale” and her touring life.  She shares 3 songs from the album and talks about the amazing opportunity to work with Kitt Wakely on the song “Fly”.  “A Superhero” is super fun, and I had the opportunity to see her perform that one live when her tour brought her here to Henderson, NV.  Songs and song stories include:

1 – A Superhero

2 – Faith

3 – ...

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

Fin...

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

3...

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".

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

The featured songs...