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OWTK Interview: Tucker Martine

OWTK Interview: Tucker Martine
Tweet Photo Credit: Vivian Johnson I was to speak with Tucker Martine on the phone a couple weeks back but a sudden burst of severe back pain kept me from dialing his number.  Luckily for you, he agreed to answer a quick six-pack of questions via...
November 23rd, 2011 | OWTK Interviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

OWTK Interview: Recess Monkey

OWTK Interview: Recess Monkey
Tweet Photo Credit: Kevin Fry At this point, you probably know the Recess Monkey back story.  At least I hope you do, because you won’t learn that the trio are early childhood educators at a progressive Seattle school or that they’re...
June 14th, 2011 | OWTK Interviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

OWTK Interview: The Not-Its!

OWTK Interview: The Not-Its!
Tweet Kindie is the new grunge. The flannel, however, has been replaced by spacesuits, skinny ties and pink tutus; the sour puss expressions subbed out for Kool-Aid smiles. I’m more than alright with all of this.   Flannel made me so damn...
July 2nd, 2010 | OWTK Interviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

OWTK Interview: Dan Zanes

OWTK Interview: Dan Zanes
Tweet Alright, so I’m kinda cheating with that headline because this isn’t a proper OWTK interview, seeing as how it appears on Time Out New York Kids website and not here. I did ask him my standard ‘how important is music inside...
June 25th, 2010 | OWTK Interviews, OWTK Kid's Music News, Time Out New York Kids | Read More

OWTK Interview: The Pop Ups

OWTK Interview: The Pop Ups
Tweet I could wax poetic about the vibrancy, creativity and energy that exists in the kindie rock world. Really, I could go on all day. It’s just better down here in the kid’s music underground; more diverse, better music, legitimately...
June 22nd, 2010 | OWTK Interviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

OWTK Interview: Brady Rymer

OWTK Interview: Brady Rymer
Tweet A big tip o’ the cap to Gwyneth of Gooney Bird Kids for tipping me off to a new Brady Rymer song on CDBaby.  The tune “Love me for Who I Am (Please Don’t Try to Fix Me)”, it turns out, is step 1 in an ongoing project the...
June 15th, 2010 | OWTK Interviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

Catching up with Randy Kaplan

Catching up with Randy Kaplan
Tweet For a guy who developed his kiddie repertoire inside a nursery school and honed it, reluctantly, at kid’s birthday parties, Randy Kaplan sure has come a long way in a short time. I consider Kaplan a singularly unique voice in the kindie...
April 12th, 2010 | OWTK Interviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

Catching up with Recess Monkey * UPDATED *

Catching up with Recess Monkey * UPDATED *
Tweet Jack Forman, getting funky at KC Jiggle Jam '09 In late-January, while Recess Monkey was putting some finishing touches on “The Final Funktier”, bassist Jack Forman took time away from his laundry and schoolwork to talk to me...
March 9th, 2010 | OWTK Interviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

An Interview with Coal Train Railroad

An Interview with Coal Train Railroad
Tweet Photo by Alex Sigg Katy Bowser and Chris Donohue of Coal Train Railroad recently took some time to answer a few of my questions about their self-titled debut family album, their perception of the kid’s music community, the genesis and...
February 4th, 2010 | OWTK Interviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

OWTK Interview: Peter Himmelman

Tweet Peter Himmelman is a fascinating man.  He’s an accomplished musician, having released countless albums, scored numerous TV shows and commercials, and is the host of a long running webcast called “Furious World”. ...
November 5th, 2009 | OWTK Interviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More
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