Listen: Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child - 52 minutes of Kids and Family Music...

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Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child is a weekly radio show for kids and grownups, syndicated from it’s homebase in Austin, Texas. Featuring a great selection of Indie Music for the whole family, the show is broadcast weekly on Saturday mornings via several terrestrial stations (click here for listings) and then becomes available online for future enjoyment. This week’s show is embedded below, and features music from JUSTIN ROBERTS, the BOOGERS, HARMONICA POCKET, and more. Crank it up!

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Segment 1

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS (TMBG) – It’s Spare the Rock

Ella ID

TMBG – One Dozen Monkeys

Harmonica Pocket (with Caspar Babypants) – Monkey Love (new)

Ray Charles – You Are My Sunshine

Justin Roberts – Nothing On You (new)

Primate Fiasco – Sunny Side of the Street

Lunch Money – It Only Takes One Night To Make a Balloon Your Friend

Segment 2

Deedle Deedle Dees – Major Deegan

ID/prep to rock

TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!

Superchunk – Hyper Enough

Boogers – I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground

MGMT – Kids

Segment 3

Medeski, Martin & Wood – Where’s the Music?

Joe McDermott – Roller Coaster

Baby Loves Jazz Band – I Like Blue Lemurs

Bazillions – Super Sonic Rocket Bike

Dick Dale – Miserlou

Bramble Jam – Pancakes

TMBG – Heart of the Band

TMBG – Spare the Rock

Spare the Rock’s Bill Childs is also one of the driving forces behind KindieFest and the Fids & Kamily Music Awards, a yearly celebration of the best in Kids & Family Music. Speaking of that, this is the first year that The Rock Father has been invited to take part as a judge, and I turned in my ballot last week. The winners will be announced on Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child on November 17, 2012. Stay tuned!