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Spare the Rock Records Releases\u00a0Science Fair<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

FAMILY MUSIC RELEASE \u00a0SUPPORTS GIRLS’ SCIENCE & ENGINEERING EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW ALBUM FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TRACKS FROM MATES OF STATE, LAURA VEIRS, ELIZABETH MITCHELL, FRANCES ENGLAND AND MORE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Order the CD now at Amazon.com<\/a>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0Purchase it on iTunes<\/a>!<\/strong><\/h1>\n

“Breathtaking…vibrant, diverse, and fun.” \u00a0–<\/em>Ken Maiuri,\u00a0Daily Hampshire Gazette<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Update<\/strong>: as of 2016,\u00a0Science Fair<\/em> has generated over $20,000 in donations to Girls Inc.!<\/p>\n

On July 3, 2012, Spare the Rock Records released\u00a0Science Fair<\/em>, eighteen exclusive tracks — all sung by women and girls — themed around and benefiting science and engineering education for girls. The album features new music from artists including Mates of State<\/strong>, Laura Veirs<\/strong>, Moona Luna<\/strong> (Pistolera<\/strong>‘s kids’ music incarnation), Elizabeth Mitchell<\/strong>, Frances England<\/strong>, Wunmi<\/strong>, Babe the Blue Ox<\/strong>, and many more.<\/p>\n

Extensive research shows that girls, from rural areas to the suburbs to the inner cities, aren\u2019t getting the foundational education they need to get into science fields when they grow up. The same research shows that girls — especially girls of color — are persistently given the message — explicitly or implicitly — that they can\u2019t do science. As women are significantly underrepresented in science-related fields, Science Fair<\/em> will be part of changing that, both through the message of the record itself (featuring all songs sung by women) and through the financial contributions it will generate, supporting programs that improve girls\u2019 science education.<\/p>\n

Science Fair<\/em> is the second release from Spare the Rock Records. In 2010, in response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the label released Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti<\/em><\/strong>, a benefit for the Haitian People\u2019s Support Project. Many Hands<\/em> brought together nearly two dozen artists, including Dan Zanes, Pete Seeger, They Might Be Giants, Elizabeth Mitchell, Jonathan Coulton, Lunch Money, and many more. Many Hands<\/em>\u00a0was named the best family music release of 2010 by Amazon and other sources, and has raised nearly $100,000 for Haitian relief.<\/p>\n

Science Fair<\/em> is co-produced by Elizabeth Mitchell, Molly Ledford (Lunch Money), Dean Jones (Dog on Fleas), and Bill Childs (owner of Spare the Rock Records). Cover art was donated by El Lohse (http:\/\/artbyel.com<\/a>). Songs cover myriad subjects, from Marie Curie to butterflies to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. As with Many Hands<\/em>, net proceeds will be donated, with Girls Inc.\u2019s science education program the beneficiary.<\/p>\n

The release is\u00a0available in physical form (distributed by E1) and digitally (at all the usual places).<\/p>\n

The record’s concept was inspired by the lives of Ves and Holly Childs, Bill’s parents. \u00a0Read more about the history of the release here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first video from the album, for Mates of States’s cover of the Guided By Voices song “I Am a Scientist,” premiered<\/a> on Paste Magazine and has rapidly spread; watch it here:<\/p>\n