Alphabet Soup

Artist Information

Biography

While they may look like grown-ups, the folks in Alphabet Soup are kids at heart! Their high energy performances, along with their Western Canadian Music Award nominated CD "You're It!", have been causing outbreaks of smiles everywhere they go. Using a fun blend of comedy and music, Alphabet Soup has been amusing audiences for ten years. Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Tim, Micki and Sean bring a unique brand of musical entertainment that is guaranteed to tickle your funny bones.

WARNING - Spontaneous dancing and laughter may break out during show.

Instrumentation

Tim Braun - Banjo, Vocals, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass.
Micki Casey - Vocals, Percussion, Shakers

Discography

You're It! - December 2008

UPCOMING CD RELEASE 2011!!

Official Website

http://www.alphabetsoup.ca

Links

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Audio

• My Lunch
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• The Backhoe Boogie
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• My Backpack
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• Harmonica
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• One Hundred Reasons
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• Kiddy Pool Surfer
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• Mr Clunk
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• Silly Words
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• Something She Ate
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• SpiderMom
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• Colours
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• When I Grow Up
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• Wild Dog
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• Micki Sings (Secret Track)
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Video

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Press

• Kids' act dishes out silliness on a spoon [+ Show ]
  

  December 6, 2008 SOME children's musicians like to sing lullabies. Others want to teach their y...December 6, 2008
  
  SOME children's musicians like to
  sing lullabies. Others want to teach
  their young audiences how to spell
  lullaby. But for Winnipeg's Alphabet
  Soup, the name of the game is F-U-N.
  
  "Lots of bands go in for serious education, and they're great at it," says Soup's Sean Hogan. "So we let them handle it. We just want to have lots of fun with kids. If there isn't humour in it, then that's our red flag."
  
  Then again, a red flag could be sort
  of fun too: Alphabet Soup is all about props. On the tune Something She Ate, band member Micki Casey mimes chowing down on progressively more
  outrageous objects, starting with a rubber ball.
  
  
  The response to visual humour from
  the band's kindergarten-to-Grade 5
  audience, Hogan says, is inspiring. On one song, Harmonica, kids are invited onstage, given harmonicas, and dubbed the Winnipeg Philharmonica Orchestra.
  "You never know what's going to happen," Hogan says. "In the past, we've run out of harmonicas, and the creative substitutions kids come up with blows our minds. They'll mime playing a harmonica.
  They'll share harmonicas, two
  kids to one."
  
  Of course, you won't see the props on their brand new CD, You're It! But even if families can't make it out to the trio's CD release shows today, they can still play along. You're It!, which has been
  in the works for two years, includes
  all of Alphabet Soup's "greatest hits," like Kiddy Pool Surfer and Colour Song, which have inspired sing-alongs at festivals like the Teddy Bear's Picnic and the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.
  
  The trick to building such grassroots
  popularity as a children's act, Hogan
  says, comes down to ditching the
  grown-up ego. "Kids can sense when you're worried about what you look like," says Hogan. "We're extremely silly, and way more
  silly than we could be in any adult
  venue. We count on each other to call each other out if we start to get too cool."
  
  
  Families can see that silliness in
  person today at two CD release shows at the Manitoba Children's Museum. Both sets will be the same, and the trio pledges to bring its A-game. There will be lots of props, and maybe even some
  prizes. Mostly, you can expect the kind of kid-friendly energy the trio is known for - and it's not an act.
  "We have a song called When I Grow Up, and at 32 years old, I still feel like I'm having to answer that question," Hogan says with a laugh. "But why should we have to?"
  
  
  The shows are at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and are free with admission to the museum.
  
  You're It! is available at McNally
  Robinson Booksellers, or online at
  AlphabetSoup.ca.

• The Herald
  

  “…a group that combines original and creative songs with tight harmonies and a spunky beat….”

• Back Forty Festival [+ Show ]
  

  “…a memorable children’s act….Their creative silly songs were a hit as well as their interactive sto...“…a memorable children’s act….Their creative silly songs were a hit as well as their interactive stories…”

• Manitoba Children's Museum [+ Show ]
  

  “…a very professional group to work with….A talented group of performers willing to focus on music t...“…a very professional group to work with….A talented group of performers willing to focus on music that is thematically and developmentally targeted at a family audience. “

• Alphabet Soup - You're It! [+ Show ]
  

  Darryl Sterdan Yes, they're doing it for the kids -- but Alphabet Soup doesn't stop there. As you...Darryl Sterdan
  
  Yes, they're doing it for the kids -- but Alphabet Soup doesn't stop there. As you'd expect, the songs on this CD have zippy melodies and kooky lyrics to keep the wee ones entertained, along with a few simple lessons about food, family, colours and more. But their music also rocks enough to keep the parents from getting sick of it. So ultimately, they're doing it for the folks too.

Setlist

Set Length - 30 minutes to 1 hour

Popular songs:
BackHoe Boogie
I Love my Backpack
The Colour Song
Harmonica
One Hundred Reasons
Kiddy Pool Surfer
Micki Sings
Mr Clunk
My Lunch
Silly Words
Something She Ate
Spider Mom
When I Grow Up
Wild Dog Of The Bog
Sittin' on the Farm (Bob King)
This Old Man
Great Big Muscles (Bob King)

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