LOS ANGELES (Top 40 Charts/ Secret Mountain Records) - Four-time Grammy-nominated duo Trout Fishing in
America bring the children's story My Name is Chicken Joe to life through the storybook-music CD combo and Digipak CD released via Canadian publishing house The Secret Mountain.
Trout Fishing in America have earned widespread critical praise from USA Today, Billboard and The Los Angeles Times, which touted the band as 'Some of the most lyrically creative, musically sophisticated, vocally muscular music-makers in the family music business.'
The duo formed by Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet was also recently included in Performing Songwriter's Top 100 Most Influential Independent Performers of the Last 15 Years list. Trout Fishing in America will be touring throughout the first half of 2009.
My Name is Chicken Joe features an album of 11 previously released Trout Fishing in America songs inserted in the back cover of the book including the title track. The innovative packaging, combining a hardcover book with a CD, is ideal for young children.
Featuring vivid illustrations by accomplished French-Canadian artist Stephane Jorisch, My Name is Chicken Joe tells the whimsical story of a cat named Chicken Joe and other fun, nonsensical animals. Trout Fishing in America's lighthearted folk provides a fitting soundtrack to the story.
Roland Stringer, founder of The Secret Mountain says of the project, 'We look for songs that tell stories, music that works for both children and parents. Such is the case with Trout Fishing in America: witty lyrics that capture a child's perspective, tuneful pleasurable melodies and solid musicianship. My Name is Chicken Joe is a wonderful opportunity to introduce our Storybook-Music CD line in the U.S. with artists that have such a loyal following as family performers and truly embrace our idea of offering original stories and music for all eyes and ears!'
The Secret Mountain is dedicated to the creation of children's books, videos and audio recordings of the highest quality. Recent releases by The Secret Mountain include the acclaimed Down at the Sea Hotel, which features dream songs by icons including Neil Young, Tom Waits, Don Henley and Billy Joel as performed by roots music artists Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Guy Davis, among others. All titles are also available in a basic CD-Digipak format with a printable PDF file of the illustrated book; and on most music download sites.
'Grimwood and Idlet are the Lennon and McCartney of kids' music.' - NPR
TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA 2009 TOUR DATES:
April 24 Uptown Theater Grand Prairie, TX
April 25 Duck Jam at Lake Bryan Bryan, TX
April 26 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA
April 30 Flickinger Center of Performing Arts Alamogordo, NM
May 2 Northwest Arkansas Mall Fayetteville, AR
May 10 Hancher Auditorium Iowa City, IA
May 15-16 Rosewood Center for Family Arts Dallas, TX
May 22-23 Riverfest Little Rock, AR
May 24 Jiggle Jam Kansas City, MO
May 30-31 Kerrville Folk Festival Kerrville, TX
June 5-6 Craighead County Library Jonesboro, AR
June 21-28 Alaskan Cruise Various Cities
August 14-16 Summerfolk Owen Sound, ONT
August 22-23 J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, CA
August 27 Mohonk Mountain Resort New Paltz, NY
August 29 The Pagant St. Louis, MO
August 30 David's Grove Kettering, OH
September 26 Braeside Community Center Calgary, AB
November 7 CenterStage at Reston Community Center Reston, VA
November 13 University of Alabama Moody Music Concert Hall Tuscaloosa, AL
November 14 Destrehan Plantation Destrehan, LA
