Justin Roberts (musician)
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Justin Roberts is a Chicago
-based American singer-songwriter of children's music. He performs with the Not Ready for Naptime Players and often collaborates with producer-musician Liam Davis. His album "Jungle Gym" was nominated for "Best Musical Album for Children" in the 2010 Grammy Awards.
Roberts attended Kenyon College in Gambier, OH where he was member of the Kokosingers, the college's male acapella group, and was a founding member of Pimentos for Gus. Pimentos for Gus released 3 separate albums in the 1990s.
Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players performed on Chicago's WGN Morning News on April 17, 2009. He was the subject of a video feature at time.com (Time Magazine) during his appearance at Kindie Fest 2010.
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-based American singer-songwriter of children's music. He performs with the Not Ready for Naptime Players and often collaborates with producer-musician Liam Davis. His album "Jungle Gym" was nominated for "Best Musical Album for Children" in the 2010 Grammy Awards.
Roberts attended Kenyon College in Gambier, OH where he was member of the Kokosingers, the college's male acapella group, and was a founding member of Pimentos for Gus. Pimentos for Gus released 3 separate albums in the 1990s.
Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players performed on Chicago's WGN Morning News on April 17, 2009. He was the subject of a video feature at time.com (Time Magazine) during his appearance at Kindie Fest 2010.
Discography
- Great Big Sun (1997)
- Yellow Bus (2001)
- Not Naptime (2003)
- Way Out (2004)
- Meltdown! (2006)
- Pop Fly (2008)
- Jungle Gym (2010)
External links
- Official Website
- Apple profile
- Newsvine feature
- Featured Kenyon Alumni
- Featured University of Chicago Alumni
- http://vocalo.org/explore/content/54872 Interview with Justin Roberts on Vocalo Vocalo.orgVocalo.orgWBEW is a non-commercial educational public radio station on 89.5 MHz at Chesterton in Northwest Indiana. Since June 2007, the station has been the broadcast element of Vocalo, broadcasting primarily uploaded or e-mailed user-generated content; other Vocalo content is on the web but not...