PRINCESS KATIE & RACER STEVE World Cafe Live In Philly Saturday!

Yep, that's right, kids!

We'll be in Philly on Saturday!  Click the title of this post for tickets.

Tonight's concert in Tribeca was amazing.  Gorgeous weather, lots of families, tons of dancing, screaming and conga!

Thanks for coming out and we'll see you in Philly!

Cleaning out the moat, I remain,

Princess Katie

PRINCESS KATIE & RACER STEVE Free Concert Thursday, July 31st!

Hey Kids!  

We're back from our Long Island tour and it was so much fun!  We are very excited to be back to get ready for the next shows!

Thursday, July 31st

6:30 pm

Washington Market Park - 310 Greenwich Avenue, NYC

The Friends of Washington Market Park present...us!  Live!  A free, outdoor concert for kids and families that will surely be so much fun and full of dancing, laughing and screaming!

See you there and hope you enjoyed the Long Island shows!

Princess Katie 

Royal Rock To Tour Long Island - Princess Katie & Racer Steve

LONG ISLAND FANS! TAKE NOTE!

All next week we'll be playing 2 shows a day in various parts of Long Island, courtesy of the Town of Hempstead! Come by for a free show!

Princess Katie and Racer Steve
Date: July 21-25, 2008

Location:
July 21 - Rock Hall Museum, Lawrence @ 11 a.m.
July 21 - Harold Walker Park, Lakeview @ 1:30 p.m.

July 22 - Smith Street Park, Uniondale @ 11 a.m.
July 22 - Baldwin Park @ 1:30 p.m.

July 23 - Seamans Neck Park, Seaford @ 11 a.m.
July 23 - Echo Park, West Hempstead @ 1:30 p.m.

July 24 - Elmont Road Park, Elmont @ 11 a.m.
July 24 - Rath Park, Franklin Square @ 1:30 p.m.

July 25 - Levittown Veterans Memorial Park @ 11 a.m.
July 25 - Forest City Park, Wantagh @ 1:30 p.m.

Price: Free

UNION SQUARE PRINCESS KATIE & RACER STEVE THURSDAY, JULY 17TH @12:30!

Dear Darlin' Diary:

The Union Square Partnership Presents it's Summer in the Square event featuring Princess Katie & Racer Steve!

Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:30 PM

Calling all rockin' kids and families!
Princess Katie & Racer Steve take on Union Square Park's Summer in the Square Series!
Come Rock and Roll to Parenting Magazine's Fave Music April 2008!!

This is a free concert and open to all! See Princess Katie & Racer Steve's website for info on the band: www.princessracer.com

http://www.princessracer.com

PRINCESS KATIE & RACER STEVE DVD SHOOT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!

OKAY FANS...LAST CALL!

The DVD shoot this weekend is really filling up and will be really exciting on many, many, levels!

We found out that we're in the New York Times Today! Check it out:

PRINCESS KATIE & RACER STEVE (Sunday and Thursday) Young audiences are asked to come to the Sunday show dressed in wacky costumes and with colorful signs to hold up (their choice of slogan). But they won’t be asked to make a deal; this is a live filming of a concert DVD for this band, known to toss out soccer balls or Mylar streamers to fans. At 11:30 a.m. (doors open at 11), 431 West 16th Street, Chelsea, (866) 468-7619, ticketweb.com, princessracer.com; $7, with a $10 minimum at tables. And if you miss Sunday’s event, you can catch the band on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in Greenwich Village, where it will play a free concert in Union Square as part of the Kids in the Square series, unionsquarenyc.org.

Click on the link above for tickets, ya little rockers!

Til Sunday...

Princess Katie

Children's Museum Of Manhattan Presents...Kiddie Rockers Princess Katie & Racer Steve

Hey Kids!

Be sure to come see us at the Children's Museum of Manhattan this coming Sunday for two shows! We're part of their HOT NEW BAND SERIES!

Also, make sure to get your tickets to our live dvd concert taping...that's July 13th! We need all our fans to come on out! For tickets, click the link above.

PKRS @ Children's Museum of Manhattan
Sunday, July 6th
2 pm & 3 pm
Free with museum admission!
Children's Museum of Manhattan -212 West 83rd Street, NYC

Rock royally!

Princess Katie

Get Tickets For Princess Katie & Racer Steve's LIVE DVD Shoot in NYC!

HEY FANS! EXCITING NEWS!

We're shooting our first-ever, live concert DVD and we want all of our fans to be in the audience!

Expect to see some of the characters Princess Katie mentions, but usually doesn't bring to the concerts!

Dress like a rock star & and bring cool concert signs to hold up!

SUNDAY, JULY 13TH @ 11:30 AM - Doors 11 AM

Highline Ballroom
431 West 16th (between 9th & 10th Aves)
NYC

Tickets are $7 per/person

Click the title of this post for tickets!
Space is limited, so get them early!

Princess Katie

Princess Katie & Racer Steve in Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine

Dear Diary:

Check out the review in the June issue of Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine of Princess Katie & Racer Steve's Fast & Feisty CD!

What's Hot Now!
Music To Our Ears

If you like a little variety in your music, this band is for you. Rock, country, reggae, funk, swing...there's something for everyone, and it's bound to get your toes tapping

Cute!

Princess Katie

There Goes The Neighborhoods! Princess Katie & Racer Steve's Summer Concerts!

Dear Diary:

Yeah, well, it appears that whenever we show up somewhere, the kids in that area get a little wild. Hey, we never promised anyone a calm kid at one of our shows. We encourage kids to go crazy.

So, that said, we're probably coming to a neighborhood near you, so get ready for it. Here are our upcoming summer shows (details under our "shows" section):

July 17th - 12:30 pm - Union Square's Summer in the Square Concert - FREE!
July 21st - 25th - Long Island Tour (see below for concert locations & times)
July 31st - 6:30 pm - Washington Market Park, NYC - FREE!

WEEK OF JULY 21st - The Town of Hempstead, Long Island Presents...Princess Katie & Racer Steve! Free concerts for all!

21st 11:00 a.m. Rock Hall Museum, Lawrence

1:30 p.m. Harold Walker Memorial Park, Lakeview

22nd 11:00 a.m. Smith Street Park, Uniondale

1:30 p.m. Baldwin Park, Baldwin Harbor

23rd 11:00 a.m. Seamans Neck Park, Seaford

1:30 p.m. Echo Park, West Hempstead

24th 11:00 a.m. Elmont Road Park, Elmont

1:30 p.m. Rath Park, Franklin Square

25th 11:00 a.m. Levittown Veterans Memorial Park, Levittown

1:30 p.m. Forest City Park, Wantagh

Finding you absolutely charming, I remain,

Princess Katie

Buy Fast & Feisty and Songs For The Coolest Kids from Princess Katie & Racer Steve here!

Parents spoke up and we heard you. Having some trouble linking directly to our site to purchase CDs when you Google us?

Hopefully this will help!

Just click the title of this post for our Songs For The Coolest Kids and Fast & Feisty CDs, t-shirts and more to come.

PKRS

Princess Katie & Racer Steve - Cookie Magazine Review!

Driving Rhythms
Don’t be fooled by the appearance of these cartoon characters come to life: This is one kids’ band that really knows how to rock.

Their getups may make them look like they’re moonlighting from amusement -park jobs, but Princess Katie and Racer Steve are no toddler-only joke. Along with Judo Champ Billy on bass and Crash the drummer, these guys are a serious rock-and-roll band--one that wouldn’t sound out of place opening for any current chart topper. You’ll get no artificial perk or childlike pitch from Katie’s decidedly adult singing voice, she sings FOR kids, not like them.

Her vocals are an appropriate accompaniment for Racer Steve’s masterful guitar shredding: The solo on "Sneakers" might make you wonder if his last name is Van Halen. The subject matter may be kid stuff, but the woman in the toy tiara and the guy in the faux-NASCAR gear are smart enough not to play down their audience.

Click title to see review.

Off for a run in the enchanted forest, I remain,

Princess Katie

FAST & FEISTY PARENTING MAGAZINE'S FAVORITE MUSIC FOR APRIL 2008!

Dear Diary:

We're really excited to announce that our new CD, Fast & Feisty has been chosen as Parenting Magazine's Pick for their Favorite Music in their April 2008 issue. Thus,

"Katie and her talented band will win your kids over, even if they usually resist anything princessy. The danceable music ranges from alt-rock to bossa nova, and Katie's earthy voice is a dead ringer for Natalie Merchant's."

Thank you Parenting! We feel very honored to be a favorite of such a cool magazine!

Feisty, I remain,

Princess Katie

Princess Katie & Racer Steve's NY Post Review!

Darlin' Diary:

Nothing like waking up to read the paper and see you're in it! Fun!

Saturday's NY Post had a great article on the latest must-hear music. Here's what they said about Fast & Feisty:
"Opening with a swinging jazz tune about holidays titled (you guessed it) "Holidays," Princess Katie & Racer Steve show that this is not your average kids' album. They proceed to blast through the metal-influenced "Sneakers," the loungey pop number "The Pillow," soulful, funky vibes of "Hot Shot" and more. The album is also peppered with some skits about jumping and dragons, entering genres usually not explored on children's albums."

Nice, huh?

Sunday's Chelsea Market show was so much fun and we thank all of the families for making it out in the cold and slushy show. Hope it wasn't too crowded for ya'll!

See you on March 8th if you live in MA (see shows section for details on this show) and March 16th if you live in NYC at the Bowery Poetry Club!

Off to the gym, I remain,

Princess Katie

Kiddie Rocker Princess Katie & Her Royal Pets!

Dear Darling Diary:

I have been asked to be a guest blogger for Hilltown Families. Here is my latest post about my pets:

For the most part, Kingdom life is great. There’s not much that we don’t have here. Sure, it’s beyond damp, there’s always some kind of incurable disease going around and you can’t exactly be sure if you’re going to be sitting on the throne from one day to the next, but generally, we’ve got a pretty decent set up here and there’s little left to be desired… except for maybe one thing, a normal pet relationship.

“A normal pet relationship?” you ask, “Why, pray tell!” Well, I bet you take it for granted that you can nuzzle your cat or dog, or that they’ll run and lovingly jump into your arms when you call them. You should know that not every owner/pet relationship is like that. The mere thought of being able to have one of my pets sleep at the foot of my bed or jump into my arms after a short sprint is both thrilling and highly unlikely. If I have my pet jump into my arms I’m at risk of having a 2-foot gold spike implanted in my forehead.

I own a rare winged unicorn. His name is Pointy.

Yeah, yeah, lucky me, I’ve heard it all before, but it’s not what you think. You’re thinking of the winged unicorn as a white horse with wings who flies towards rainbows and has a big beautiful glistening golden horn proudly mounted in the middle of its forehead; a mythical creature who gives off the sound of a bell tree when it opens its wings. Well, some of that is indeed true, but mainly, this creature is absolutely insane. Although Pointy has a nose and mouth, he, for whatever reason, chooses to use his incredibly sharp horn as an antenna of sorts. So, whenever he’s curious about anything, he’ll take a running start, head pointed downward, spike ready to investigate. I always know when he’s gotten out of his stable because the piercing screams of “Run! Pointy the Impaler is out!” usually give it away. Ah, yes, no one can clear a town quite like Pointy.

I’m stating the obvious when I say that Pointy has got about as much of a chance of sleeping at the foot of my bed in this lifetime as a snowball has on a hot plate.

My other pet’s name is Starla. She’s the “pet o’ choice” for princesses. In fact, unless you own one of these little critters, you’re not really considered to have “arrived” as a princess. Snow White has one, Cinderella has one and even cooler-than-thou Princess Fiona has one.

Starla is what we call a “Fairy Tale Tweeter.” That’s the name of the company that every princess you’ve ever known has ordered from.

Fairy Tale Tweeters is a company that sells those little birds that casually fly over and perch themselves on the index finger of a princess as she begins to sing. They gaze lovingly at the princess and whistle in perfect tune along with her.

Now, it may appear as though these little birds live in the forest and just kind of magically appear, ready to whistle along with anyone who dons a hoop skirt and tiara. But that’s not the case at all. These birds are put through intense whistle/perch training and getting one takes about 18-20 weeks. You thought getting the Wii was tough? Heh! Cabbage Patch Dolls? A cinch! Fairy Tale Tweeters takes the cake on “impossible to procure accoutrements.” Highly trained to match their tweet to your voice, you’ll have to fill out a 78- page form answering such questions as

1. Are you a falsetto, soprano or alto?
2. Color scheme of your dresses? (Birds are custom-dyed to match)
3. Will this be a forest bird or one for indoor/windowpane use?
4. Will there be other mythical creatures singing along?

Anyway, I guess the bottom line is that no matter how much “stuff” you have or what your title is in life, nothing matches the thrill that we all get from a cuddle with a pet or some time spent with a child.

Oh, and before I go, do me a favor…the next time you call Spot over from across the lawn, imagine him having a 2 foot gold spike coming out of that cute little forehead and let me know how fast you start running!

Princess Katie & Racer Steve DJ On Spare The Rock Radio!

Spare the Rock radio show has asked Princess Katie & Racer Steve to guest host their incredible kids' music radio station once again! We're really psyched to do it and hope that you'll click on their link now to hear the show.

Spare The Rock is on Valley Free Radio - Northampton, Massachusetts.

We'll be spinning cool tunes from great kids' music artists and some kid-friendly adult music, too. Oh, and there will be skits...how could we resist?

So, we hope you'll take a listen and check out their site...filled to the brim with interesting cool kid stuff and music!

Mixin' & scratchin' I remain,

Princess Katie