Kindie Rock Stars

Matt Robertshaw of The Relative Minors returns to the show to talk about their most recent album "Most of What We Do Is Sleep".  The theme of sleep is approached from many different lenses throughout, and he shares 4 songs and song stories with us to showcase that theme.  Songs featured in this episode include:  

1 - Most of What We Do Is Sleep
2 - Lazy Dog
3 - ...And It Was All a Dream
4 - Change Is ...

Suzanne Jamieson returns to the show to talk about the inspiration for her new album and about her recent and amazing trip to Europe.  "Love Is" is an album about Love in many shapes and sizes, and she shares 5 songs and song stories with us to highlight that theme.  Songs featured in this episode include: 

1 - 8 Hugs
2 - Best Bud
3 - I Turn Towards Love
4 - Sycamore
5 - What Is Love

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Jenn Cleary joins the show to talk about her evolution from blues rocker to children's musician.  She talks about her new album "Dreamland" and how it can be a wonderful nighttime lullaby album for your young children.  She shares 5 songs and song stories with us from the album.  Songs featured in this episode include: 

1 - Celtic Dream
2 - Sail Away
3 - Rocking Chair to the Stars
4 - Clouds

Kim Noller returns to the show to talk about the first single from her upcoming album.  The song is called "Big" and definitely gives off Disney vibes!  She tells the story of who helped inspire it and also about her recent burst of creativity. 

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Wendy Morgan and Darryl Boggs, known to all of us as Grammy-nominated duo Wendy and DB, return to the show to talk about their new albums.  "Back Home" is their new release and they preview a new album set for 2025.  They share some stories about making the "Back Home" and behind some great featured songs.  Songs featured in this episode include:  

1 - Back Home
2 - Put Down the Phone
3 - Come t...

Katherine Dines, creative force behind Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta Music joins the show to talk about her career beginnings in Nashville, the unique opportunity handed to her that set her on the children's music path and the very fun origin of the name Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta!   She introduces her new album "Seasons" and features four songs and song stories.  Songs featured in this episode include:  

1 - It's Spring
2 ...

David and Jenny Heitler-Klevans join the show to talk about their career beginnings and transition to Children's and Family music that began in the 90's and has carried through the present day.   They highlight important themes such as Equality and Social Justice in their music and share four amazing music videos and their song stories.  Songs featured on the show include:

1 - I Wanna Be a Superhero
2 - Be Wh...

Christopher Eckart, better known to us as My Friend Christopher, returns to the show to preview his new album with his band The Dad Influences.  He talk about the band members and the process of pulling this album together, as well as sharing a few songs with us.  Songs featured on the show include:

1 - Socks and Shoes
2 - Little Animals Dance
3 - The First Eyes I See

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Jay Sand joins us to talk about his amazing project called All Around This World.  A curriculum built to introduce and explore music from around the world, All Around This World also has some amazing albums out featuring music from Latin America and Africa.  Jay shares his travel stories and his passion for this project and his work.  He also shares the story behind the most recent album "South and Central Asia".   Songs ...

Claire Dodin joins the show to talk about her amazing career in voice acting and how that led to the creation of her wonderful cat-focused music and animation show called The High Meows.  Mixing fun characters, great animation and a multi-cultural story, The High Meows definitely stand out in the world of children's entertainment.  Claire shares the stories behind 4 songs and videos.  Songs featured on the show include:

The incredible Steve Elci  returns to the show to talk about the numerous projects he's been involved in since his last appearance, which include the Rise Together compilation albums and his newest album "All Together Now".  Steve shares the inspiration for creating the album, how it shapes his path going forward and shares the stories behind 3 of the albums songs and videos.  Songs featured on the show include:
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June, Ian and TOCK from TOCK.earth join the show from beautiful Christchurch, New Zealand.  We learn their story and we find out the story of the robot TOCK who is on a mission to keep the Earth clean and safe.  They feature their song and video for "Don't Be a Litterbug".  Check out the YouTube link below to see the interview and the music video!

YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/bEcyUOUy-fM

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An absolute treat of a show with four amazingly talented artists - Suzi Shelton, Ann Torralba (Little Miss Ann), CJ Pizarro (Mista Cookie Jar) and Ron Nery Jr (Ronnie Boy Kids).  Suzi and Ann have formed a small supergroup called Birds of a Feather.  Birds of a Feather share one of their new songs called "Jump into the Water" from their upcoming album, which feature the unique talents of Ronnie Boy Kids and Mista Cookie J...

Leah Paul of Sweet Potato Music joins the show to share her story and talk about her debut children's album "Pop Pop Bubbles".   She shares the songs and wonderful music videos for "Noisy Little Robot" and "Pizza" .

YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/sBLD5hJp2XQ

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Nicole Porter of You and Us returns to the show to share new music videos for the songs "Shake Shake" and "What If All the Guns Only Shot Rainbows".   We also cover the critically important work that she does with Emerald Sketch to help children throughout the world recover from trauma and traumatic events.

YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/k-8HzeRmvUU

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Brett and Elissa of Larrikin Puppets join the show from Australia to introduce us to their fun cast of puppet characters and talk about how they got started. Brett shares stories of getting in to puppetry and some cool people he met along the way and they both share some major goals for the future.  Songs featured in this episode include:  

1 - Dance Like a Unicorn
2 - I Know All the Things
3 - I Like How I Look, T...

Kathryn the Grape returns to the show to talk about all of the projects she has been working on the last few years, how Kathryn Cloward and Kathryn the Grape work together and shares her new song "Love, Kindness and Peace", which features guest vocalist Samara Frances.

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https://open.spotify.com/track/6gw0VBHfjhaBJtz7y8Q2st?si=8377cbc03de64d98

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The wonderful Brady Rymer joins the show to showcase his new song and music video for "D is for Dancing".  We learn about Brady's amazing career from his early days in the band From Good Homes which includes some fun stories about The Rascals and Dave Matthews Band, to making the transition to children's and family entertainment with Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could.  Check out the YouTube link below t...

Dana Rice returns to the show to share two great new songs.  We also talk about her opportunity to travel to Ghana and Costa Rica to share her musical talent with children and adults alike.  I've also had the honor of working with Dana on 2 songs for my Kindies Do the 80's album series!  We also feature those songs as a special bonus.   Songs featured in this episode include: 

1 - I'm About 'Em (Big Bi...