Marty Long, better known to us in the Kindie world as Preschool Rockstar, joins the show to talk about how her path to becoming a kindie artist was forged during the pandemic, the origins of her name and pulling together her debut album called "Tiny Humans, Big World". Loads of fun and a rocking good time - kids and parents will dig Marty's brand o…

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 album. "Get Your Sunny Side UP" has been in the works for over 4 years, but is now ready for prime time and Wendy & DB share some stories of this journey. Produced by Dean Jones and featuring some superb collaborations,…

What an amazing guest this episode in Ashley Tobias, Founder/CEO of Bee True To You, a school assembly program focused on anti-bullying and prevention of negative and toxic behaviors. In addition to leading that program, Ashley creates fun and engaging music with Bee True to You as well under her stage name, That Girl Tobi. We talk about her life j…

Cory McAtee returns to the show with a feature on her debut album called “Steppin’ With Cory”. Loaded with fun and catchy songs and influenced by her love of the outdoors, you’ll get a kick out of the album and your kids will love it. Songs featured in this episode include: 1 - I Want to Go Outside and Play (Steppin' In to the Outside) 2 - Rock Wit…

Charlotte Talbot, the creative force behind Cee Bee Teatime, returns to the show to talk about her recent song releases which are movement and motion oriented 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 - Finger…

Season 6 kicks off with the awesome Greg Lato talking about his new album Dandelion: Songs Inspired by Military Kids and Families. Greg details the extended journey in bringing this album to life through his meetings and conversations with military families, sharing poignant stories and writing and creating some great music. Greg is extremely proud…

Special Guest Hosts Todd'n'Tina take the reins and interview me about my newest album "Imagination Time with Patrick". I had a great time, and Todd Millenacker and Krissy Mondelli made it a lot of fun! Learn about how one song, which came from the creative mind of my then 4 year old daughter, Lyric, inspired the whole concept and vibe of the album.…

Jules Hoffman, better known now as Jules!, joins the show to talk about their new and debut children's music album "Jamming With Jules!". Jules may look very familiar, as they were part of many YouTube episodes of Super Simple Songs with Ms. Rachel! I personally had seen Jules in these videos consistently as, for my daughters, it has been among the…

James Coffey, the creative powerhouse behind Blue Vision Music, joins the show to talk all things music production. Blue Vision Music started up in the mid-1990's with a focus on entertainment for families and goes strong today in helping many of us in the children's music community, not only with production but also animation. Jim shares a demo re…

Our favorite pirate, Captain Festus McBoyle, joins the show from New Zealand to catch us up on new music, band and family updates and touring life. The new album isn't due until 2025, but we get to hear some singles that are out and some sneak previews of other great songs from the album along with some cheeky song stories. Songs and song stories f…

The Wise Channel brings All the Feels to this episode! Ceylon Wise (the Dad), Ashley Wise, Ceylon Wise (the son) and Caleb Wise join the show to talk about their beginnings and how they have grown their love of music not only into great albums, but into many impactful and positive projects worldwide. We talk about their part in the Grammy nominated…

Our good friend Van Sereno returns to the show to talk about his new album "Goldilocks" and how he puts his own stamp on some all-time classic children's songs . We feature five music videos and how he put those together for this show's featured songs. Songs featured in this episode include: 1 - Ants Go Marching 2 - Five Little Monkeys 3 - Five Lit…

Kath Bee joins us from beautiful New Zealand to catch us up on the various projects she's been working on, from a cool sounding song built off of a list of Paul McCartney song titles, to our featured album in this show called "Simple Action Songs for Babies to 2 Yrs for Learning and Fun". We do a rapid fire segment discussing each track and, as a s…

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 Ar…

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 episo…

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 incl…

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 - Laz…

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 L…

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…

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 S…

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 - …

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 featu…

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…