Podcast appearances and mentions of frances england

The Boogers - “The SMCB Theme Song” Todd'n'Tina - “Revenge of the 5th” [Bombtastic!] Triple Rainbow - “Movie Nite” [Wild & Weird & Free] Will Sings Songs - “Rocks Rock” [Squirrels Run the World] Justin Roberts show ID Justin Roberts - “I Have Been a Unicorn” [Space Cadet] The Hipwaders - “It's Wintertime” Koo Koo - “Do the Dip” The Okee Dokee Brothers show ID The Okee Dokee Brothers - “Blankets of Snow” [Winterland] Hot Toast Music Co. - “Spaghetti” [All the Feels] Mike Phirman - “Promise Me” Little Miss Ann - “Bright Winter Day (feat. Frances England)” [28 Days] Little Lips - “Other” Johnny & the Raindrops - “I Follow My Dreams” [We Made It!] Brian Vogan & His Good Buddies - “Go On & Let it Snow” Joanie Leeds show ID Joanie Leeds - “A Snowflake's Lament” Levity Beet & Mr. Roberelli - “I'm On a Bicycle” Jeremy Redmore - “Singalong” Yeah Nah - “Australia” [Let's Play!] May & Them Pups - “Make U Proud” [Spaceships & Dreams] Caspar Babypants - “Frozen Penguin” [Winter Party!]

I am so so SO excited to interview Uncle Jumbo this week on Radio Active Kids! His new album #TastetheSky is absolutely magnificent! Also, new songs by Frances England, fleaBITE & Levity Beet, Mista Cookie Jar ft. Fyütch & Genevieve Goings, DARIA, Shawny, Music With Mandy, #CosmicPreztels (No Parking Studio + Mista Cookie Jar!), Mr. Super Dude & KinderChartin', and ANOTHER release on vinyl by Justin Roberts!!!!! Here's the playlist.

I knew I would be unable to put a Radio Active Kids show together this week, so I had planned on taking this week off as well! However, I remembered something that I've been thinking about doing for a while now & haven't had the right opportunity to do: what if I went into an episode with literally no idea what I was going to play & picked the playlist completely on the fly, live on the air? Welp, I did it this week. Presenting: RANDOM ACTIVE KIDS I played songs by (in alphabetical order): Cowboy Andy and The Salamanders, Be Who You Are, Big World Audio Theatre, Sandra Boynton, Frances England, Pierce & Nnenna Freelon, Claudia Robin Gunn, #Hercelot, IS on Three O'Clock Rock Records, Jazzy Ash, Jelly of the Month Club, Josh & The Jamtones ft. Mista Cookie Jar, Jarvix ft. Rachel Bachman, Dean Jones of No Parking Studio & Jacky Davis of Ladybug Girl, Jumpin' Jamie, Tom Knight, Erin Lee and the Up Past Bedtime Band, Mista Cookie Jar covering Dog on Fleas, The Mister Chris and Friends Band, Muckemacher, El mundo de Bungo, Claire Ness, Newt Skabander, Red Yarn, The Relative Minors, Fred Rogers, SaulPaul ft. Mo Phillips, Robbie Schaefer, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Tsap-Tsapik, & Angie Who!!! Here's the playlist!

We've got some very fine kindie music kraftwerk on Radio Active Kids this week! New tunes by 123 Andrés ft. Gilbertito Santa Rosa, Fyütch (ft. Divinity Roxx, Shine & the Moonbeams & Lucy Kalantari and the Jazz Cats), Itty Bitty Beats, LOOPY TUNES Preschool Music, Mista Cookie Jar & The Chocolate Chips, Tu Rockcito & Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín, Frances England, Kimberley Locke, Nadine Sieben, Claudia Robin Gunn & Marshmellow, Story Surprise, The Relative Minors, Key from Key Wilde & Mr Clarke, Nutshell Playhouse, Louis and Dan and the Invisible Band, Tricked Out Tricycle, babadumusica, & #Gnargles!!! Playlist: https://spinitron.com/WSFM/pl/13939845/Radio-Active-Kids

We've got a lot of rockin' kindie music this week on Radio Active Kids, by the likes of Bill Harley, Tu Rockcito, Kath Bee - Children's Songwriter, Little Miss Ann & Frances England, Brian Ross, Musician, Los Rockan, Oscar's Dad, #MrBooDaddy, Key Wilde & Mr Clarke, Musical Fun with Mr. Hyson, Kahuna Kidsongs, #MichaelStein, Fun Run Band, Madam Pince and the Librarians, #Lafreux, WillMusic & #UncleVin! Playlist: https://spinitron.com/WSFM/pl/12801748/Radio-Active-Kids

1st set They Might Be Giants - It’s Spare the Rock ID They Might Be Giants - Apartment Four Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head, I Hear Music In the Air Little Miss Ann - Bright Winter Day (feat. Frances England) (new) ID Elizabeth Mitchell - Winter’s Come and Gone (in-studio) The Deedle Deedle Dees - I’m Following a Star (new) Shovels & Rope - You Are My Sunshine (feat. The Felice Brothers) (new) ID [WJFF/JUMP - Moona Luna - Do You Remember? [KUTX - Dan Zanes - Jump Up [WFNU - Vered - Flying Hands 2nd set SaulPaul - Texas Two Step WeMix (acoustic) ID/prep to rock They Might Be Giants - Don’t Spare the Rock ID ScribbleMonster - A Monster Goes Rrraargh! Parker Woodland - The World’s On Fire (new) The Gothsicles - A Coterie of Goats in Trees (feat. Databomb) (new) Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You ID 3rd set Gentle Hen - Beautiful Day in the Woods (Ayla) Secret Agent 23 Skidoo feat. MC Fireworks - Make Great Mistaks ID Flula Borg with Go Banana Go! - I Live in a Banjo (new) catswithnicefaces - How Do I Want To Sit (new) Fun Run - Indoor Recess (new) ID They Might Be Giants - Nine Bowls of Soup They Might Be Giants - Spare the Rock

Together with American Songwriter, we had the pleasure of interviewing Frances England over Zoom video! Frances England fell into the kids' music world by accident. In 2007, she wrote and recorded a little homespun cd called Fascinating Creatures as a fundraiser for her son's preschool. She had no intention of anyone outside her own circle of family and friends hearing it, but word got out, and within a couple of years Frances went from playing at nursery schools and libraries, to Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits.With a gift for capturing the wonders, simple pleasures, and beauty of childhood, Frances frames her music in ways both children and parents can appreciate. Her sparkly, acoustic pop songs are both catchy and heartfelt. In a Parents Choice Gold Award review, Lynne Heffley enthused, "England is an original, an exceptionally creative and musically astute children's artist whose unique musical vision was apparent in her debut album. With the authenticity of her alt-rock and acoustic folk rhythms, her expressive vocals and gentle, slightly offbeat approach to what it means to be a child - and a parent - England proves she again and again, she is the real deal."Critics have been effusive in their praise for Frances' work. Fascinating Creatures was the sole recording to win the 2007 Oppenheim Platinum Award for Music. Two years later,  AOL named the album one of the Top Ten Children's CDs of the decade. Her album, Family Tree, was listed as one of the Best CDs of the Decade by Time Out New York Kids,  and was named Album of the Year by About.com.  USA Today called her album Mind of My Own, “phenomenal” and Blink of an Eye was named #2 album of the year by the Fids and Kamily Awards, a yearly poll compiled from kids music writers, radio programmers, and others in the industry.   All of Frances’ cds have had #1 hits on Sirus XM Radio.   In 2017, Explorer of the World, Frances’ fifth album for children and families, received a Grammy nomination for Best Children's Album. Frances England’s new "Honey" EP is a soothing and intimate collection of new and reimagined acoustic, wind-down tunes for children and families. Sonically, the album has the feel of an old Iron & Wine record with lyrics that speak to children and parents’ experiences. Recorded on tape at Tiny Telephone Studio in San Francisco, the sparse instrumentation leaves plenty of room for England’s lush, layered vocals to work their magic as she sings about red balloons, best friends, home and Daddy-Os. The first single, "Glue," a corona-coaster family anthem, is about appreciating the people you're stuck with, in good times and bad. The album is newly available on the new children's label 8 Pound Gorilla Records.England is a Grammy-nominated artist with a gift for capturing the wonders, simple pleasures and beauty of childhood in ways that both kids and parents appreciate. Her sparkly, acoustic pop songs are both catchy and heartfelt and offer families a unique, slightly offbeat alternative to mainstream kids music.We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com.www.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod  #foryou #foryoupage #stayhome #togetherathome #zoom #aspn #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetworkListen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! 

We've got SO MUCH new Christmas music on Radio Active Kids that I wasn't able to fit it into three shows! So, we'll play even more new Xmas tunes this week from Tim Kubart, Mr. Aaron, Johnny and the Raindrops, The Mik Maks, Rainbow Rosalind, The Wise Channel, & Andrew Jed--plus non-Xmas new tunes from Fyütch ft. Pierce Freelon, La Granja del Tío Bob, Frances England, Turtle Dance Music, LLC, Meu quintal, Erica Rabner Music (ft. Alphabet Rockers!), Andrea Green Music, Ants Ants Ants, Narwhals and Waterfalls, Neville's Diary, Nutshell Playhouse & probably more! Playlist: https://spinitron.com/WSFM/pl/12288433/Radio-Active-Kids

On this episode of The Children's Hour, we explore balloons! We learn what makes the drifting hot air balloons stay afloat in the sky, and we learn the history of how balloons came to be a mode of transportation. We also hear the Balloonist's Prayer, and we take a trip in a hot air balloon with one of our Kids Crew members. Plus, we visit with the artists behind Airigami, who make giant sculptures and even clothing out of latex balloons. The kids in the Extinction Diaries talk about what happens when people release helium balloons into nature. Finally we find out about those mysterious white balloons that appear all over the world every single day, high in the sky. All of this is mixed with great music from Steve Pullara, They Might Be Giants, Roger Day, Tom Paxton, Bill Oliver, Frances England, Elena Moon Park and Poi Dog Pondering. The Children's Hour is supported by the Cultural Services Department and the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund at the City of Albuquerque. This project is supported in part by an award from New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts. We also have support from Electric Playhouse and numerous foundations also support our work including the Infinite Gesture Fund, The Limestone Fund, and The Laughing Buddha Fund. Thank you to our listeners who contribute to us through the Paypal Giving Fund, Paypal, and by subscribing to our podcasts on Patreon. start timeend timedurationtitleartistalbumlabel 10-03-2020 09:00:2010-03-2020 09:04:4104:21Big BalloonSteve Pullara And His Cool Beans BandSpinning Tails2003 Cool Beans Music 10-03-2020 09:06:2610-03-2020 09:09:0602:40Where Do They Make Balloons?They Might Be Giants (For Kids)No!2013 Idlewild Recordings 10-03-2020 09:13:0610-03-2020 09:15:3602:30Big BalloonRoger DayReady to Fly2001 Roger Day 10-03-2020 09:15:5110-03-2020 09:19:2003:29Jimmy's Big BalloonDave RudolfWestward Whoa!2005 Moneytree Records 10-03-2020 09:19:2010-03-2020 09:20:0000:40Up Up and AwayHugh Masekela20th Century Masters: The Best of Hugh MasekelaThis Compilation 2006 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. 10-03-2020 09:24:1710-03-2020 09:27:4103:24Any Way The Wind BlowsSeth Hoffman2009 Class CD2009 Seth Hoffman Music 10-03-2020 09:27:4110-03-2020 09:29:5102:10Balloon-Alloon-AlloonTom PaxtonI've Got a Yo-Yo2019 Pax Records 10-03-2020 09:37:2710-03-2020 09:40:1502:48Toribio the Clown Gets His Groove BackHip Hop HoodiosAgua Pa' la Gente2004 Jazzheads 10-03-2020 09:41:1510-03-2020 09:43:5502:40Don't Release That BalloonBill Oliver, Glen Waldeck & The Otter Space BandHave To Have A HabitatBill Oliver 10-03-2020 09:43:5510-03-2020 09:45:5401:59The Balloon SongLittle Blue Globe BandIt's a Toddler's World2018 Ameiva Media 10-03-2020 09:49:2910-03-2020 09:51:4602:17Red BalloonFrances EnglandMind of My Own2010 Frances England 10-03-2020 09:51:4610-03-2020 09:54:4803:02Flying StarfishElena Moon ParkUnhurried Journey2020 Elena Moon Park 10-03-2020 09:55:3910-03-2020 09:59:2903:50FallingPoi Dog PonderingPoi Dog Pondering2008 Platetectonic Music

Y'all! We have an incredible show this week on Radio Active Kids, featuring an interview with Flor Bromley - Actress, Singer, Storyteller, Puppeteer, who has a wonderful new album called #FiestaGlobal! New stuff too from Frances England, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Hunktabunkta Music, Teeny Tiny Stevies, Chibi Kodama, Sara Lovell Music, Wachún, David Rovics, Jason Mesches Music, Teddy Eddy by Ingrid Hofer, Draco and the Malfoys, Music Audio Stories, The Other Other Brothers, Julia und Mo & The 8th Horcrux!!! Playlist: https://spinitron.com/wsfm/pl/10812267/Radio-Active-Kids

On Part 5 of the Radio Active Kids #YearRoundBreakdown, we've got a special treat for y'all: my 2018 top 10 singles, featuring (in alphabetical order): 123 Andrés & Sugar Free Allstars, Baron Von Rumblebuss, The Deedle Deedle Dees, Fancy Pants Kids Pop & Mista Cookie Jar, Here Comes Trouble, Human-Tim + Robot-Tim, Fans of Randy Kaplan (FORKs), Rocknoceros, Uncle Dox & Baby in Tune! Also, tunes from Alphabet Rockers, Jeanie B! and The Jelly Beans, Belly, Andrew Best Music, The Binkees, Candy Corn For Breakfast, Jim "Mr. Stinky Feet" Cosgrove, Jason Didner and the Jungle Gym Jam, Frances England, #ForKidsByKids, Don Garfinkel, Kathryn the Grape, Levity Beet, Little Rockers, Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower + Suni Paz, The Stacey Peasley Band, Recess Monkey, SEÑOR FANCYPANTS & Cy Winstanley!! Playlist: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=wsfm&sv=l&playlist=49470#here

It was an honor to have Frances England back on the show to talk about her brand new record, 'Blue Skies and Sunny Days'.  We really got into the music.  Frances recently won the top Fids and Kamily award for album of the year.  It's that good!  Frances' music is in high rotation in our house, and I know that many other people love her music.  She's an excellent person as well.  Be sure to stay tuned through the end of the show to hear her brand new song 'Carefree'.   Continue reading Episode #170 – Frances England Returns on the site.

We've got a comix-focused show on Radio Active Kids this week, featuring a new comix talk with Pack Memorial Library's Raj and an interview with local Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards-winning cartoonist Hope Larson!!! She has a new book called #AllSummerLong and it's AWESOME! So excited to chat! Also, lots of new & new-to-the-show tunes from Dana & The Petit Punks, Josh Lovelace (on VINYL!), Dan Zanes, Frances England, Kevin Kammeraad and the Cooperfly Puppet Troupe, fRiCTiON fARM, Ben Rudnick and Friends, Randy & Dave, Best Coast & EJ Bisiar! Playlist: https://spinitron.com/radio/playlist.php?station=wsfm&sv=l&playlist=46932#here

01 Trail of Hearts by Underbirds 02 Lighten Your Load by The Okee Dokee Brothers 03 Sunshine Family by Mista Cookie Jar and Aaron Nigel Smith 04 Camp Songs by KB Whirly 05 Mr. Spaceman by Randy Kaplan 06 Paletero Man by Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band (and us!) 07 In Your Biz by Mike Phirman 08 City of Hills by Frances England 09 Hey, Hat by Andrew & Polly   Find out more at www.earsnacks.org

Hit the Road! An awesome playlist of songs (from our friends!) about traveling around town, around the world, or around the solar system in your imagination. Buckle up, tune in, rock and roll! "Trail of Hearts" by Underbirds (Gustafer Yellowgold & Todd McHatton) ; "Lighten Your Load" by The Okee Dokee Brothers ; "Sunshine Family" by Mista Cookie Jar & Aaron Nigel Smith ; "Camp Songs" by KB Whirly ; "Mr. Spaceman" by Randy Kaplan ; "City of Hills" by Frances England ; and "Hey Hat" by us, Andrew & Polly. Thanks so much to our amazing musician friends for sharing these eclectic tunes with hungry ears everywhere! Find more awesome family podcasts to #hittheroad with at app.kidslisten.org

Finally! This one has been almost a year in the making. We love Frances England's music in our house. Her songwriting is great and her voice is incredible. Her last (grammy nominated) album 'Explorer of the World' describes her city, San Francisco. We've had a lot of Frances' music on our 4+1 countdown, and her song 'Explorer of the World' has been on numerous times. It was such a treat to speak with Frances and to hear her story. Listen all the way to the end to hear her song 'My Street'! It's a good one. Continue reading Episode #70 – Frances England on the site.

Grammy nominees from the children’s music category in 2017 for a special concert held at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood spoke with me about their work and what worked for them. We discussed their inspiration and tips for making it in the music business. One common theme was the importance of doing what is authentic to you and not doing what you think would work, just because it’s a formula. Almost all of the artists also discussed that they were musicians outside of children’s music first and found it easier to balance family life and music life when they switched to children’s music. Another theme that emerged was the importance of working away at your music career and basically doing the work both musically and on the business end. The nominees were Brady Rymer and The Little Band that Could, Frances England, Okee Dokee Brothers, Recess Monkey and Secret Agent 23 Skidoo. Go to www.tinyurl.com/GrammyKids for more information on the event. To learn more about each artists, visit their websites: www.bradyrymer.com, www.francesengland.com, www.okeedokee.org, www.recessmonkeytown.com, and www.secretagent23skidoo.com For more information on Laura you can go to her website www.laurapowers.net and you can find the podcast by searching Behind the Music with Laura Powers on Facebook and follow her on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

In this Ear Snacks Extra: Brady, Frances, Joe, Jack, and Skidoo share some of their Grammy-nominated tunes with our listeners. We are so so so excited that all of the Grammy-nominated Children's Music Albums this year are by independent artists. If you dig the tunes you hear in this episode, please support their work and spread the word! (And if you're looking for more information about our music or how to be on the show, visit andrewandpolly.com) “Chain Reaction” from PRESS PLAY by Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could (http://www.bradyrymer.com/) “City Don’t Sleep” from EXPLORER OF THE WORLD by Frances England (http://www.francesengland.com/) “Saddle Up” from SADDLE UP by the Okee Dokee Brothers (https://www.okeedokee.org/) “Piggyback” from NOVELTIES by Recess Monkey (http://www.recessmonkeytown.com/) “Glimmer” from INFINITY PLUS ONE by Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (http://secretagent23skidoo.com/)

Andrew & Polly try to learn about more than just guitars and feelings on the second installment of Ear Snacks: Strings. Thanks to Lucky Diaz from Lucky Diaz & The Family Jam Band (luckydiazmusic.com) for talking about his Gretsch electric guitar, Archer Buckbee and his mom, Katy, in Boulder for telling us about fiddling, and to our favorite upright bass player, Gabe Davis (www.gabedavisbass.com). Thanks also to our past Strings experts, Frances England, Quentin & Mista Cookie Jar.

In the first episode of a multi-part series all about Strings, Andrew & Polly talk to awesome friends of theirs who all play strings - strings on GUITARS! Frances England (http://francesengland.com), Quentin & Mista Cookie Jar (mistacookiejar.com) all tell us why it is they like their strings. For more information about Ear Snacks, visit http://andrewandpolly.com

Family Songs featuring songs by Istvan and His Imaginary Band, Sugar Free Allstars, Lanny Sherwin, Two of a Kind, Frances England, The Hipwaders, Stacey Peasley, Patricia Shih, Eve & Mare, and Mary Kaye. Plus Evalyn's Pick, "Home" by David Tobocman. Show Notes© 2007 Kids Music Planet

Get on your new dancing shoes, new dancing tie, new dancing..uuhhh..ponytail holders? It's Carpool Jam Vol 14! Get ready to rock out to some new brand spanking tunes from Frances England, Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke. and Dean Jones. It's new-tastic! (Have to stop making up words.)

Kindie chart news, a whole mess o' Kickstarter updates, new albums coming up from Dan Zanes and Elizabeth Mitchell (combined!) and Frances England, and Paul Spring (and me) on NPR