World Premiere for the Mates of State Video!
You can check out the video for Mates of State’s “I Am a Scientist” cover today at Paste Magazine. Whoo-hoo!
Thank you to: Lindsay Van Dyke for conceiving of and directing the video, Bob Pollard (Needmore Music) for permission for doing the video, Smith College for the fantastic location, our great volunteer cast and crew, and Mates of State for a terrific performance!
Download this: New Heidi Swedberg!
Want a sweet Valentine’s Day tune from Heidi Swedberg? Download it here, just for today. It’ll get grown a bit for her next full-length CD, but I love the two-ukes-and-vocals vibe. Listen here:
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Heidi Swedberg – Owl & Pussycat
A Many Hands Update and Another Way to Help
Filed under: Guest DJ Sets, New music, Spare the Rock Records
First, I’m thrilled to announce that Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti has now raised over $35,000 for the Haitian People’s Support Project! Wow!
Second, you have another chance to help out and get some great music for your family. Todd McHatton is guest DJing this week on Spare the Rock and he’s offered to donate every penny he gets from digital sales of his new record this week to the Haitian People’s Support Project. Go get it at his BandCamp page and buy it for any amount — and all of it will go help HPSP! That’s awesome.
(And the CD is really good, too!)
This week…
On Saturday’s show, it’ll be mostly (all?) holiday music. Plus, the River is going commercial free from 6:00 Friday until 6:00 Saturday, so there will be even more show than usual. And! A guest DJ set from Ashley from the Jimmies (with brand new music from them) and an in-studio from Uncle Rock (including what is now my favorite Christmas carol, “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?”).
So turn on the radio while you open presents, if you do that. Turn on the radio when you’re not opening presents, if you don’t.
This Week — Marty Beller Guest DJ Set, Premiere of AudraRox Track, and More!
We’ll have a Boxing Day episode on Saturday (okay, we don’t have any Boxing Day songs, but it’s on the 26th). Among other things, we’ll have a great guest DJ set from Mr. Marty Beller, drummer for They Might Be Giants (who will be playing two shows in town on New Year’s Eve [tickets], including a family show at 3:00).
Marty is also a talented producer and his projects include the forthcoming CD from our friends in AudraRox (who will be coming to town in February, by the way). You’ll get to hear a great track from that record, “Five Minutes More,” during his guest DJ set that you won’t hear anywhere else other than live shows until the record comes out.
To tide you over until Saturday, a little AudraRox from last year’s KindieFest:
How did I miss this?
Lord only knows how this came out without me noticing, but it’s on its way now and you’ll hear it soon.
Listen!
On demand any time PRX.org
Sat. 8 am - 93.9 The River, Northampton, MA/ Brattleboro, VT
Sun. 8 am106.1 The Corner, Charlottesville, VA
Sat. 9 am - KVRZ 88.9 Libby, MT
Sat. 7 pm - KIYU Western Koyukon Region, Alaska
Sat. 7 am - 103.3 VFR, Northampton, MA
TBA - WMCN St. Paul, MN
Science Fair
Science Fair, eighteen tracks themed around and benefiting science education for girls, is out now. Click the cover for details!
Order the CD now at Amazon.com or at iTunes!Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti
Order the CD now at Amazon.com!Locals: Buy the CD at Turn It Up, Cup & Top Cafe, or A Child's Garden. Or buy it on iTunes!
kinDIY
If you have anything to do with family music, you should be participating in kinDIY.org.
