Coming Up This Week...

We recorded School for the Dead today for this Saturday's show. Man, they were good. They did four songs you can hear on the show Saturday morning, two of them new and maybe not hearable anywhere else. They'll be playing the (family-friendly! fun! for-a-good-cause!) Raise the Roof benefit at the Calvin, raising money for fixing the roof at First Churches. They're doing a grown-up show at The Elevens on April 4 with Aloha Steamtrain and the previously-mentioned Fiesta Brava; go see it.

Also, new Barenaked Ladies' kids music...! And some other surprises.

We did an interview with Flans from They Might Be Giants at the (awesome) shows in New Hampshire on Saturday, but, grr, our mini-disc is mysteriously blank, even though I saw levels and counters moving. Hoping to set up a make-up date. Today we did a phone interview with Hannah Levine, the charming and talented twelve-year-old girl who sings "One Dozen Monkeys" on TMBG's newest record, and we'll play that back soon, probably a week from Saturday if I had to guess. Just have to edit it.

Finally, I'm super happy to announce that for our broadcast on The River, we have a great sponsor, The Toy Box in Amherst. The Toy Box already carries (in addition to wonderful toys, games, musical instruments, etc.) some terrific kids' music, and they're going to be getting more, including a lot that you hear on the show. We're really excited to be working with them.