Rocknoceros: Boogie Woogie Bennie, Coach Cotton, and Williebob
(Pretty sure nobody's typed that before.)
I was happy to find out that DC-area kindie rockers Rocknoceros have stepped in the paths of Andrew and Polly and the Sugarcrash Kids and... hey, wait, why haven't there been more kids musicians who've tackled the podcast medium? I know of at least one more in the works, but, still, there should be more.
So, yay for Rocknoceros, who have started their own podcast called the Rocknoceros Podnoceros. Just one episode released so far, a celebration of all things summertime (a topic broad enough to cover both ice cream trucks and hydration and sweating).
Coach Cotton -- lead singer (usually) and the guy with the whistle in the picture above -- says that they're hoping that the podcast is a "broad platform through which [they] can find the 'thing' that excites... an audience." He cites the enthusiasm of bandmate Boogie Woogie Bennie (their multi-instrumentalist) for podcasts as being contagious for the rest of the band. They're hoping to educate and entertain, and hopefully read a wider audience, too.
And once you've had enough of summer, the next episode -- they hope to publish monthly -- will be a large topical shift -- it's all about Alaska!
Anyway, having listened to the first episode, I think if you've got kids between the ages of 4 and 8 -- in other words, Rockno's core audience demographic -- it's worth giving it a listen. You can subscribe in iTunes here or listen below...
And if you just want to groove to new Rockno tunes, check out "Summertime" below...
