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 feature…

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 - Th…

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 t…

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 …

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 th…

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! You…

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 albu…

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…

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-8H…

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 …

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?…

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…

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 i…

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:/…

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/2sWM…

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…

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 w…

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…

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 - …

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 ho…

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 s…

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 experi…

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 s…

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:…

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 - …

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 …

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…

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/30zEgQb6CFUTLvgpIwfq…

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 …

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 Li…

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 t…

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 sto…

Emily McKnight, known in the children's music community as Emily Who, joins the show from Sydney, Australia to talk about how the stars aligned for her to start making music for kids. She also talks about her inspiration for the name Emily Who. She shares 5 song stories and songs from the album, including: 1 - Does a Duck Go Woof 2 - Like an Elepha…

Susie Tallman of Susie Tallman Music joins the show to talk about her new album "Let's All Sing!" and share some amazing stories about her musical journey (working with big name bands in the 90's, being an early part of Interscope Records with Jimmy Iovine and much more). She shares 5 song stories and songs from the album, including: 1 - Garden of …

Levity Beet joins us from the beautiful country of New Zealand to talk about his unique inspiration to the world of music and his journey as not only an artist, but as a Producer and even a musical instrument creator! He shares the story behind the song "The Shivers" and the children's game that inspired it. See a video by the musical influence ref…

Marisa from Young Folkies returns to the show to talk about her new album "Will You Sing With Me" and shares 5 song stories and songs from the album, including: 1 - Kindness (It Will Come Back to You) - Featuring Claudia Robin Gunn 2 - Will You Sing With Me (inspired by Raffi) 3 - Far From My Family 4 - Hooray (It's a Very Good Day) 5 - Mother Natu…

Ashley Mills Monaghan returns to the show to talk about a really cool collaboration with Uncle Dox that resulted in a remixed combination of Ashley's song "If I Tell Myself I Can" and Uncle Dox's song "Fish". The result is a new and fresh version of both. As an added bonus, we close the show with the 80's cover of "I Think We're Alone Now" featurin…

Julieann Hartley, better known as Miss Julieann, joins the show to share her incredible and inspirational story. From working with children who have suffered a trauma to her battle with Lyme disease to the birth of her newborn baby, hers is also a major story of strength and resilience. She tells the story behind her album "Resilient Child" and sha…

I am my own guest this episode! I give an update on the direction of the Kindie Rock Stars podcast, which includes a potential fun new addition for Season 5. I also talk about my new album "Adventure Time with Patrick", working with Producer Erick Gatchalian and vocalist Tin Gatchalian, and I feature 5 songs, including: 1 - Kindie Music Show 2 - Ro…

Joining us from Vancouver, Canada is Dustin Sacks, the creative force behind Koobee. He talks about his journey from indie rock band to children's musician and the wonderfully fun story behind the featured song "Go Daddy Go". Find the Song at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/0jkBCTZ48bTGiSSfNMkGz9?si=42069ebe711648e7 Go Daddy Go has been add…

Joining us from Ontario, Canada is Christopher Eckart, better known as My Friend Christopher. He shares his latest song called "Holey Socks", what inspired it and talks about his backing band, awesomely named The Dad Influences. Find the Song at: Spotify Coming Soon! Holey Socks has been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 4 Spotify playlist. Add…

Chris "Boom!" Wiser of the Sugar Free Allstars joins the show to talk about his partnership with Dr Rock (great name!) and how they organically began making making for kids evolving from their existing songs. Their new EP "Extended Play" is featured on the show with a few great songs showcased Featured Songs include: 1 - I Like to Climb on Things 2…

Steve CoolBeans Pullara returns to the show to talk about his wonderful new and classical music inspired album "Aquarium Rhapsody". Learn the story behind the album, the featured songs and how children can use their imaginations to visualize a story to go along with the instrumentals. Featured songs include: 1 - Frog Hop 2 - Angel Fish 3 - Avoiding…

Chris Martland, otherwise known as his fun 80's inspired alter ego Freddy Apple, joins the show to talk about his early love of music and how he evolved into Freddy Apple with the help of his young son, Freddy Apple Jr, and daughter, Honey Crisp. He features 5 songs from his album Dance Like a Yeti, and you'll love and get a kick out of the lyrical…

Marsha Goodman Wood of Marsha and the Positrons joins the show to catch us up on all the amazing things she and her growing band have been up to since she was last on the show. The main focus has been her newest album, "Energetic", which features some great songs and awesome collaborations. She shares the stories behind the album and shares some so…

New York City's own Davey K and Peter join the show to talk about what inspired them to make music for kids, their new album "Storytime" and how they make all of the recording, mixing, production and video magic happen between the two of them. Their songs are all fun stories that take the listeners on a journey! Featured Songs include: 1 - Frank an…

Kris Kitko, the creative force behind Kittyko Music, joins the show to talk about her journey through her musical career, life in North Dakota and shares songs/music videos for "Up Down All Around" and "Swim Little Octopus". Click the YouTube link to see the live episode and music videos. YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/rcNrHS-AWlg Find the Song at:…

Ron Nery Jr, better known in the Kindie world as Ronnie Boy Kids, returns to the show along with Producer Marc Lawrence to share their wonderful new song called Beach Day (Aww Yeah!). Click the YouTube link to see the live episode and music video. YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/aJLTM3FBWaE Find the Song at: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/0d…

Kelli Caldwell, better known as Kelli Welli, joins the show to to talk about all of her amazing work in music, videos and film festivals since she last appeared on the show. Her new album "Baby Ninja" is out and features some awesome songs and collaborations, which are shared on this show! Featured Songs include: 1 - Baby Ninja 2 - You're a Sunny D…

Mark Pagano, better known as Marko Polo, joins the show to to talk about the making of his new album "Aqua Phonic" which features some awesome songs, which are shared on this show! Featured Songs include: 1 - We Are Water 2 - Axolotl 3 - Sirenia 4 - Walrus Sings 5 - Follow the Water (featuring Claudia Robin Gunn) Find the Album at: Spotify https://…