Kris Kitko, known to us in the Kindie world as Kittyko, joins the show to catch us up on what she's been working on since her last appearance on the show and shares two new amazing music videos and their song stories. Songs featured on the show include: 1 - Cycle Song 2 - I Know My Body YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/3elzMsvdPgE Find the Artist at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/2BCqZ9nXUZ5uXSxFnLi2KM?si=Vfyo_k5fRPi9MgroOD1rzA The Featured songs have been added to the KINDIE ROC...
Aug 07, 2024•14 min•Season 5Ep. 35
Wiley Rankin and Debbie Rankin, better known in the kindie world as Jump for Joy Music, join the show to talk about their near lifetime journey together and the formation of Jump for Joy Music. They talk about their most recent album "Listening is a Two Way Street" and share 5 songs and song stories with us to showcase. Songs featured in this episode include: 1 - Listening is a Two Way Street 2 - Angel Peekaboo 3 - Gonna Get a Dog 4 - Hickory Dickory Rock 5 - Someday Sing Me a Song Find the Albu...
Aug 05, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 34
Charlotte Talbot, the creative force behind Cee Bee Teatime, returns to the show to talk about her upcoming EP "Songs to Sing and Talk About". A bit of a departure from the music and movement songs in previous releases, these are geared towards families and will leave space for creativity with the backing tracks! Songs featured in this episode include: 1 - Me and My Behaviour 2 - All Those Funny Feelings 3 - I Only Know How to Be Me Find the Artist at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3sq...
Jul 22, 2024•21 min•Season 5Ep. 33
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 a Wonder Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/1NnLmn3iMOtFtViWakAJya?si=JNAalLf...
Jul 17, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 32
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 Find the Album at: Spotify Coming Soon! The Featured songs will be added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Spotify p...
Jul 15, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 31
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 5 - Slow Blues Wind Down Find the Album at: Spotify Coming Soon! The Featured songs will be added to the KIND...
Jul 03, 2024•33 min•Season 5Ep. 30
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. Find the Song at: Spotify Coming Soon! The Featured songs will be added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jU6Z7WCvhX9BubUU3j8DS?si=96f0a2f423fd4f9d ...
Jun 27, 2024•17 min•Season 5Ep. 29
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 to Your Senses 4 - Moving Mountains 5 - Hemingway the Wonderdog Find the Album at: Spotify Coming Soon! The ...
Jun 25, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 28
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 - Bye Bye Bug 3 - Autumn 4 - Snowflake Snowflake Where Did You Go Find the Artist at: Spotify https://o...
Jun 24, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 27
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 Who You Are 3 - Mae Jemison 4 - Sid the Squid YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/ZDXN9QKm...
Jun 20, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 26
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 Find the Album at: Bandcamp https://myfriendchristopher.bandcamp.com/album/dad-influences YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/...
Jun 18, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 25
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 featured in this episode include: 1 - Bai Tharo 2 - Champa Botir 3 - Daweedam 4 ...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 24
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: 1 - Count to 4 in English and French 2 - My Name is Minette 3 - Big Gray Cat 4 ...
Jun 12, 2024•25 min•Season 5Ep. 23
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: 1 - We Rise Above 2 - Power of the Sunflower 3 - Hey World This Is Me YouTube Episode L...
Jun 10, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 22
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 Find the Song at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/1y7upnScjvwY2nbUE8NwrL?si=927c41b232a844b0 Th...
Jun 04, 2024•14 min•Season 5Ep. 21
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 Jar. And as a special bonus, Little Miss Ann, Ronnie Boy Kids and Mista Cookie...
Jun 03, 2024•30 min•Season 5Ep. 20
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 Find the Artist at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nBX0ECnJINGkZaT0biXCy?si=i_2tocHVR0u36aL7-TpD6w The Featured songs have been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Play...
May 22, 2024•17 min•Season 5Ep. 19
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 Find the Artist at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/2mAZFlyVEkehOHTin1uZKB?si=lmbwCXqhQGOAFFJ9I2-Y7w The Featured songs have been adde...
May 21, 2024•20 min•Season 5Ep. 18
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, Think, Feel 4 - Party Hat 5 - You Can Be Kind Find the Artist at: Spotify https://open...
May 20, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 17
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. Find the Song at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/6gw0VBHfjhaBJtz7y8Q2st?si=8377cbc03de64d98 The Featured song has been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Playlist o...
May 03, 2024•18 min•Season 5Ep. 16
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 to see the interview and the music video! YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/BnqMcMD...
May 02, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 15
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 Big Dreams) 2 - Jeans From Kindies Do the 80's Volume 2 3 - Pink Cadillac (Natalie Cole Cover) From Kin...
Apr 30, 2024•26 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Good friends of the show Todd'n'Tina return to talk about their explosive new album "Bombtastic" and share the stories behind 3 of the albums songs and videos. Songs featured on the show include: 1 - Animal Crackers 2 - Aquaphobic Scuba Diver 3 - Undercover Turkey YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/O9RAndxzb-0 Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/6CvLQSgW4hwG5nG35GQFx6?si=yUAnonxUSWmL-QQWhpFKPw The Featured songs have been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Spotify ...
Apr 29, 2024•21 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Paul Fryer of POCO DROM returns to the show to feature his amazing new song "Manta Ray" and the brilliant concept behind it. We talk about their upcoming festival shows in the UK and what the POCO DROM live show experience is like. Paul also previews the new album coming later this year. Find the Song at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/2sWMEtywYKo5ye1B1THIGY?si=6ed28c7daacf4676 The Featured song has been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS ...
Apr 26, 2024•19 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Jada Siwak, creative force for Jada's Children's Music and Books, joins the show from still snowy Northern Ontario to share her new album called Healthy Feelings. We talk about what inspired her to make this album and about the children's books she's working on inspired by the songs. Songs from "Healthy Feelings" featured in this episode include: 1 - Healthy Feelings 2 - Meanie Blues 3 - I'm Not Having Any Fun Find the Album at: Spotify Coming Soon! Some Featured songs have been added to the KIN...
Apr 25, 2024•24 min•Season 5Ep. 11
In celebration of the release of Kindies Do the 80's Volume 4, I do a project overview to date by way of a special countdown. I rank the 49 songs that have appeared on the 4 volumes based on the number of Spotify streams the Original Version of the songs we covered have to date. Then for each, I'll play a little snippet of our cover version until we get to the Top 5, where I play the full song. I pepper in a story or two for each song and heap praise among the wildly talented artists I've had th...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Anne Montone and Jen Nice from Again Again return to the show to talk about their awesome collaboration with Mista Cookie Jar called "Thank You Teacher". We also catch up on what Again Again has been up to since their Season 3 appearance on the show and what's coming up in the near future. Find the Song at: Spotify Coming May 3rd! The Featured song will be added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/pl...
Apr 22, 2024•13 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Kim Noller joins the show to talk about her debut children's album "Watch Me Grow" and how her teaching job rekindled a passion for writing songs and launching this new phase of her career. She features 2 songs from the album and shares their stories and how the videos were put together. Songs featured on this episode include:: 1 - My Sunshine 2 - Watch Me Grow YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/g1L9uaKJfmw Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/54iEXhzbhBOfw83EZVNaD3?si=l...
Apr 18, 2024•18 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Cory McAtee returns to the show with an awesome new song, a total ear worm called "Rock With Me"! She shares the story behind that song and as a bonus, we re-visit the song that propelled her into the kind music scene. I've also had the honor of working with Cory on 2 songs for my Kindies Do the 80's album series, ones that have her primed as an honorary member of Bananarama! We also feature those songs as a special bonus. Songs featured in this episode include: 1 - Rock With Me 2 - I Want to Go...
Apr 17, 2024•26 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Our good friend Van Sereno returns to the show to talk about his new album "Fables" and how famous fables from the past inspired his unique style of song storytelling for this album . We cover the importance we both put into making music videos and how he has used that extensively for this new album and his last one. He shares some songs and song stories with us. Songs featured in this episode include: 1 - City Mouse Country Mouse 2 - The Lion and the Mouse 3 - The Frog, the Mouse and the Hawk 4...
Apr 16, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 6
