Kindie Rock Stars

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 Kindies Do the 80's Volume 3 4 - Straight Up (Paula Abdul Cover) Free Downloadable Coloring Booklet for Jeans (For anyone who signs up to my email list) at www.DanaRiceMusic.com/Jeans Find the Artist at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/11idipDO3ZCWIcC1PDAxyS?si=mL8SbCWhQEWB8OSiT1P4qw The Featured songs have been 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 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DanaRiceMusic Support the Show.

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 playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 5 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jU6Z7WCvhX9BubUU3j8DS?si=96f0a2f423fd4f9d YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@toddntina Support the Show.

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 Season 5 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jU6Z7WCvhX9BubUU3j8DS?si=96f0a2f423fd4f9d YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pocodrom Support the Show.

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 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 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jadasiwak1247 Support the Show.

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 the honor to collaborate with to bring these albums to life. Hope you enjoy it! Kindies Do the 80's Series Web Page: www.patrickadamsbooks.com/kindiesdothe80s Support the Show.

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/playlist/7jU6Z7WCvhX9BubUU3j8DS?si=96f0a2f423fd4f9d Website: againagain.net Support the Show.

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=l6e0og_ZQHW3BCNG7bhhbw The Featured songs have been 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 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kimnollermusic Support the Show.

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 Outside and Play (Steppin' In to the Outside) From Kindies Do the 80's Volume 2 3 - Venus (Bananarama Cover) From Kindies Do the 80's Volume 4 4 - Cruel Summer (Bananarama Cover) Find the Artist at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XogwUx2rPxDUpqe5Z8L2z?si=Pj-V2OMgSTiiQe44r0JaIA The Featured songs have been 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 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@corymcatee Support the Show.

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 - The Grasshopper and the Ants 5 - The Lion, the Fox and the Ass Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5GmbNwaOgnREKPJ6cwD1Zx?si=s1dIBMRZS32XvX5fCF8BsQ The Featured songs have been 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 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@vansereno Support the Show.

Grammy Nominated duo Andrew & Polly join the show to talk about a wide variety of fun, musical topics! An amazing story about how their first few songs caught on is followed by a discussion of their podcast called Ear Snacks. After that, we talk about their Grammy nominated album featured here on the show called "Ahhhhh!", their Grammy award experience and share a few songs and song stories from the album. Songs featured in this episode include: From "Odds & Ends" 1 - Little Bitta You From "Ear Snacks: Songs From the Podcast" 2 - Tiny Dino From "Ahhhhh!" 3 - Let's Get Mad 4 - Powerful, Wonderful 5 - The Scientific Method Bonus 6 - Ballphabet Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/0umzRhzamJyXFvRA1iWXsl?si=9PUUvi8bRdGlqaRP9KGimg The Featured songs have been 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 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewandpolly Support the Show.

Children's Musician and accomplished Voice Actress Debi Derryberry joins the show and tells us about her amazing career doing VoiceOver work in some of the most highly recognized cartoons as well as how she started making music for children and families. Her new album, Gotta Go Green is featured and she shares the stories behind some of the great songs on the album. Songs featured on this show include: 1 - Carbon Footprint 2 - Gotta Go Green 3 - Little Tiny Molecules of H2O 4 - My Electric Car YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/8G6Wol1_IC8 Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5ZYVYvtmpmGLr8YjD8amCc?si=aw_0WwUTQxmx3u9ngJ-0eg The Featured songs have been 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 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DebiDerryberryKIDS Support the Show.

Riley Max, daughter of our very own Doctor Noize (Cory Cullinan), joins the show from Harvard U to talk about her debut album ROYGBIV and the creative influences of growing up with a musical dad (who also joins the show!). Riley shines on this album and she features 4 songs from the album, with a great story behind each one. Songs featured include: 1 - Blue 2 - Yellow 3 - Red 4 - Violet YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/JD7q0lkqRZU Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/0ceUsloD6xJZqUOM0cPF8T?si=NNpNRvfhRpuOXTatsiyaUw The Featured songs have been 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 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rileymax Support the Show.

Find out why Mr Jeff is Fun! Jeff Klemm joins the show to talk about how his journey through his musical life led him to the super fun artist we all know as Mr Jeff. He talks about his newest album Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful and shares some great songs and song stories with us. Songs featured in this episode include: 1 - Loud in the Library 2 - Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful 3 - Sleepover 4 - Do What Big Kids Do 5 - Mr Jeff's Numbers Song Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/6FgKRHqecDY0c8EcFMp9cY?si=efH8GqFlRLCPQvLp9zZBaQ The Featured songs have been 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 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MrJeffisFun Support the Show.

Frank Gallo of Rolie Polie Guacamole joins the show on our Season 5 premier to talk about the origins of the band, approach to music and album making, their influences and how one of their biggest fans inadvertently helped them get over 40 Million views on a YouTube video! This superfan also was a creative force in one of the featured songs. Songs featured in this episode include: From "Diggin' In the Dirt" 1 - Diggin' in the Dirt 2 - Monster Truck 3 - PB & J Singles (will be featured on their upcoming album) 4 - Library Ghost 5 - Yum Yum Yum (I Love a Tasty Dinner) Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/2RXWHJyG5InIv1QlSBpFIV?si=MrlcRpVsRk2fHwY51ox0dA The Featured songs have been 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 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RoliePolieGuacamole Support the Show.

Beth Bayley and her daughter Vivienne, a member of Swiss band Schwiizer Kiddies, join the show to talk about the origins of the group by its founder and song composer Urs Guggisberg. They share some incredibly fun songs from their album "Let's Go Los" and this episode mirrors a music video feature you can find on YouTube at the link below. They are joined by Swiss Punk'n'Roll band The Three Sum on "Discoparty" and by Swiss superstar Linda Fah on Sunnestrahl. Songs featured from the album include: 1 - Dinosaurier 2 - Let's Go Los 3 - Discoparty (featuring The Three Sum) 4 - Sunnestrahl (featuring Linda Fah) 5 - Fly With Me YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/kd-HcJjL7IU Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/34HxT8zu1nn6ydlCX1XIVm?si=rC7eRSDFQv2bV6la_P8GCQ The Featured songs have been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46ZrCHC7ZKFsgembcjLreS?si=0c9836d85a654a28 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@schwiizerkiddies Support the Show.

Artist and Producer Nicole Porter of You and Us returns to the show to talk about her latest album "Calming a Panic" and shares some amazing songs from the album. Tracks include: 1 - Shake Shake 2 - Earth Candy 3 - Abacabama 4 - Do the Vowel Howl 5 - Stay Wild Moon Child Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/30zEgQb6CFUTLvgpIwfqQD?si=PylefOWeQAeJ7N3KfaM15w The Featured songs have been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46ZrCHC7ZKFsgembcjLreS?si=0c9836d85a654a28 Support the Show.

Suzanne Jamieson joins the show to talk about her journey into kindie music and to spread some holiday cheer! She shares some fun Christmas and New Year's Eve songs, including: 1 - Santa's a Surfer 2 - Christmas Eve 3 - Sequine Find the Artist at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/35fSQa6lSf7H4znKvQci1V?si=-iEymdKcSMSpHB4wGoPk5g The Featured songs have been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46ZrCHC7ZKFsgembcjLreS?si=0c9836d85a654a28 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@suzannejamiesonsings Support the Show.

Symon Hajjar, creative force behind Hot Toast Music Company, joins the show to feature newest album "All the Feels" and talk about his journey into kindie music. He also shares the cute inspiration behind the band name. Songs featured from the album include: 1 - Made for Feelings 2 - Kindness Rocks 3 - I Want Monster 4 - Peace Rainbow 5 - Please Listen to My Words Find the Album at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/2d5veNMk0bW0m82HftXxKc?si=QD_eqgiKQZO3Jh9f49frfg The Featured songs have been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46ZrCHC7ZKFsgembcjLreS?si=0c9836d85a654a28 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hottoast Support the Show.

Adam Donmoyer, affectionately known as "DAdam" (Dad + Adam) joins the show to talk about his family band with his wife and 3 sons called Rockaroni and Cheese. A fascinating career is covered going back to having his early music praised by the legendary Dr Demento, the long and winding 5 year journey to finishing their self-titled album and all of the important contributors along the way. Adam's son Emmet also joins us to talk about the song "We Are Family". Songs featured from the album include: 1 - My Dinosaur 2 - Peanut Butter & Jelly (feat Joe McDermott) 3 - Banana Man 4 - Beautiful 5 - We Are Family Find the Album at: Spotify Coming Soon! The Featured songs will be added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46ZrCHC7ZKFsgembcjLreS?si=0c9836d85a654a28 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RockaroniAndCheese Support the Show.

Live Performance by Strawbitty Yops on the Kindie Rock Stars Podcast, featuring songs from their latest album What Does Love look Like: Live Songs Featured: What Does Love Look Like Let's Get Excited Level Up YouTube Video Link: https://youtu.be/BWvdtOEqdk8 Kindie Rock Stars showcases some of the best children's bands and musicians, with artist stories, song stories, songs and live performances. www.patrickadamsbooks.com/kindierockstars https://www.strawbittyyops.com/ Support the Show.