Nicole Porter of You and Us returns to the show to share the stories and songs from her new album "Fun Machine Dream Vol 1", produced by Luther Dickinson. We also touch back on the critically important work that she does with Emerald Sketch to help children throughout the world recover from trauma and traumatic events. She shares 5 songs and a bonus song at the end, including:

1 – Restore Harmony

2 – Funky Farm

3 – Love You to Pieces

4 – Come Play With Me

5 – Star Stuff

Bonus

6 – Join the Band

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YouTube Channel:
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Good friends of the show Todd'n'Tina return to talk about their new album “The Color Weasel”. We do some fun deep dives into both the making of the album and the featured songs, which include:

1 – The Color Weasel

2 – Chicken Pot Pie

3 – (Not Another) Dinosaur Song

4 – Spooky Cat

5 – Safe Harbor

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https://open.spotify.com/album/0tzD3jXE4uqpilNsIdlfJC?si=6vyyJrGTS128iVro8w9Euw

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YouTube Channel:
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Don Jordan, Director of Nutshell Playhouse, joins the show to tell us about this wonderful multimedia company that creates music, shows and podcasts. Started in 2007 and inspired by Don’s time and experience with theater in France, they debuted with a show and have been adding new shows ever since. The shows are free of charge in the Berkshire County area of Massachusetts. In addition to talking about Nutshell Playhouse, he shares a song called “We’re Scientists” from their latest show called Saving Jazzy. He also shares a podcast, a fun story from a series called Tales of Latimer Bay. The episode featured is called “Finian’s Taxi Service.”

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Returning to the show from Vancouver, Canada is Dustin Sacks of the band DinoCats. Formerly known as Koobee Kids, he talks about the inspiration to return to the name DinoCats. He also shares the fun and martial arts inspired story behind the featured song "Never Give Up".

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https://open.spotify.com/track/3Q3MZjPtuuZYBem9f67RMZ?si=6be6272852b0419e

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YouTube Channel:
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Mark Pagano, known to us in the kindie world as Marko Polo, joins the show to to talk about the making of his new album "Tree Sounds" which features some great songs, which are shared on this show. He also shares some fun news about an upcoming project! Featured Songs include:

1 – In the Park
2 – Evergreen (Feat. Molly Ledford)
3 – I Was a Tree
4 – Leaves (Feat. Andrew & Polly)

Find the Album at:

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https://open.spotify.com/album/5lfMhR4I4WriOYpGp6jquK?si=ZJ8uiWKvQcihj5S-3ir5Kg

The featured songs have been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 6 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 6 Playlist on Spotify:
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YouTube Link:
https://www.youtube.com/user/FIREDOGmusic

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Our favorite pirate, Captain Festus McBoyle, returns to the show to catch us up on the progress with the new album, ”Captain Festus McBoyle: The Prose and the Cons”. The new album isn't due until later this year, but we get to hear some more singles and some pretty cool inspirations for a number of them Songs and song stories featured in this episode include:

Show Opener

1 – Brand New Day

Featured
2 – Sonnet of the Sad Seahorse

3 – Dads Poem

4 – Mr Cheese if You Please

5 – Why Worry

6 – Bath Poem

7 – Slug

8 – Full Sails No Glamour (Live)

Bonus
9 - Outro

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https://open.spotify.com/artist/6EX0vGvZClOwredyU8O2BD?si=Wd7SsXGaQfCBCYwAQTlpUg

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YouTube Channel:
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Matt and Michelle of Matt and the Dragonflies join the show to talk about their debut album "Dragonfly Ring!”. Inspired by the random songs he would sing to his young daughter years ago, Matt has finally turned those into full-fledged songs with the help of Michelle and his young sons, all of whom feature on the album. They share 5 featured songs and one bonus one, including:

1 – Brush the Sugarbugs
2 – Letter Sounds
3 – Daddy Put the Diaper On
4 – Poop or Gas
5 – The Moon Song

Bonus

6 – The Routine Machine

Find the Album at:

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https://open.spotify.com/album/1IdzZJX1AW5E8KH9zwUoMq?si=7GoVv08pQWunKpMg4iDVuQ

The featured songs have been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 6 Spotify playlist. Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 6 Playlist on Spotify:
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YouTube Link:
Coming Soon!

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