In this episode, I talk with Chicago's Ann Torralba, AKA Little Miss Ann about singing songs growing up, stepping into kids music, and, of course, her Kickstarter project seeking funding to produce her fourth album, Follow Me.
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Project Title: Laura Doherty is recording a new kids' CD: "In a Heartbeat"!
Creator: Laura Doherty
Description: Hopefully I'll also get a chance to talk with the Chicago-based Doherty about her new Kickstarter to fund the recording, etc. of her next kids music album. Doherty crowdfunded her last album, the fine Shining Like a Star, via Indiegogo, but is turning to Kickstarter this time around. The rewards beyond the music include buttons and t-shirts.
Project Title: Laurie Berkner is making a Lullaby Album
Creator: Laurie Berkner
Description: I'm hopeful I'll be able to chat more with Berkner about the project, but for those of you glued to the Bake Sale site, I wanted to make sure I pointed out this brand new project from the kindie superstar which will fund the recording of her brand new album, an album of lullabies.
Berkner has funded all of her previous albums herself, so it's not like she absolutely needs Kickstarter for the finances -- rather, I suspect it's a way to make it easier upfront and to engage fans as part of the process. And, little more than 30 hours into her project, she's already cleared $10,000. For the Laurie Berkner fan in your life, there are a bunch of nice, reasonably-priced rewards.
Project Title : River Raisin Ragtime Revue: Children's Ragtime CD
Creator : William Pemberton (River Raisin Ragtime Revue)
Description : With the resurgence in family music, especially over the past five years or so, you can find many different subgenre albums -- punk, polka, country, what-have-you. But there really isn't any ragtime kindie out there. I suppose one could argue that a lot of ragtime -- think Scott Joplin -- is kid-friendly, but this new project from Michigan's River Raisin Ragtime Revue promises a nice little animal-themed distraction and maybe a different entry point into this very American musical style. I'm eager to hear the result. (Hurry up, though, if you want to pledge -- the campaign ends today, Wednesday.)
You and I know Jerome Schoolar as, well, Jerome Schoolar. But your kids probably just know him as Dusty Biscuit, one-half of Austin, Texas' awesome Biscuit Brothers, perhaps seen on your local PBS station -- and if they don't know him, they should. He joins me on this episode to talk about the new Biscuit Brothers Fine Arts Farm in Austin, the value of fine arts in raising and teaching kids, and -- most importantly -- how Tiny Scarecrow fits into all this. (And by "most importantly," I mean "most importantly to Tiny Scarecrow.")
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Biscuit Brothers Fine Arts Farm Kickstarter project
Project Title : Be Alive! An album for kids and their adults.
Creator : Johnny and Jason
Description : I liked the debut album Go, Go... Go, Go, Go from the Portland duo. In fact, I called it one of 2011's best debut kids music albums. As a result, I was happy to hear that the duo was working on a follow-up album called Be Alive! and using Kickstarter to master the tracks, duplicate it, and get it out into the world. There's just a little bit less than 2 days to go, and they've safely cleared their $3,700 project goal. So you can safely pledge in confidence knowing that the project will reach the finish line (and that you'll like it when it does).
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