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The Weepies have joined forces with PBS KIDS and other artists - including Grammy winning bands Ozomatli and They Might Be Giants - by featuring on a compilation album called PBS KIDS ROCKS!. The album supports the on-going educational programming as provided by PBS KIDS.

The Weepies' featured song "Navigation" is the first new song released by the duo since their 2010 Billboard Top 40 charting album Be My Thrill. "Navigation" complements the premise of the compilation which, as outlined by the PBS press release, seeks "...to help kids learn about a variety of topics to bolster their reading and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skill[s]". As a home-spun and family-orientated duo, The Weepies participation with PBS KIDS is particularly fitting.

As well as featuring on the CD, The Weepies have also provided a specifically crafted song "Gravity" to the series. The series sees a song's lyrical theme matched to complementing clips from a variety of popular animations, and so, creating short educational videos. As Lesli Rotenberg, Senior Vice President, Children's Media, PBS has stated, "Music has been proven to be a highly effective tool to foster learning and deepen children's understanding and comprehension". To learn more about PBS KIDS, and their dedicated educational brand for children, please visit pressroom.pbs.org.

To purchase The Weepies' song "Navigation" or the full compilation album digitally visit iTunes, or Amazon.

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SEPTEMBER 2011: Encore Performance of The Weepies on NPR's Mountain Stage Airing September 23

The Weepies NPR Mountain Stage performance from last November will be rebroadcast on September 23, 2011. The Weepies just completed an all acoustic Coast to Coast US tour - their most successful ever. They're now back home and getting ready to write and record again. Mountain Stage is broadcast on over 170 NPR stations and has been an exceptional supporter of Rosebud artists.

Over the years, the show has featured performances by fellow Rosebud artists The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Charlie Musselwhite, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Bettye LaVette, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Marcia Ball, Duke Robillard, Ruthie Foster and Carrie Rodriguez. To find a station in your area that broadcasts Mountain Stage with local airtimes, click here. The following week you can listen to The Weepies, along with other archived Rosebud artist performances, at NPR.org/mountainstage. Check out all of these artists on a stage near you, please see Tour Dates >>

SEPTEMBER 2010: The Weepies' Be My Thrill Debuts In Billboard Top 40, Top 10 Digital Albums, #3 on Folk Chart

The Weepies' new album, Be My Thrill (Nettwerk), debuted at #34 in the Billboard Top 40, #8 on the Top Digital Albums Chart and #3 on the Folk Chart. It also debuted on the iTunes Top 5 Overall Albums the day of its release, staying in the Top 10 it's first week. Huffington Post called the album "...perfectly crafted pop music. Be My Thrill is impossibly infectious." The album was recently picked as Whole Foods' Recommended Release, earning a nationwide album promotion plus full album stream and interview posted on the Whole Foods Market blog.

The Weepies will embark on their first tour in four years on October 10th, playing 36 dates across the U.S. Catch them live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>

The Weepies will release their new album, Be My Thrill (Nettwerk), on August 31, 2010. "This is the most fun we've had making a record," says The Weepies' Deb Talan, "We took as much time as we needed at every step, and taking that pressure off made the whole thing a little lighter." Joining The Weepies on the album are drummer Frank Lenz, guitarist Meg Toohey, string player Oliver Kraus and bassists Tony Levin and Larry Klein. Three tracks from Be My Thrill have already been featured on TV shows Life Unexpected, Grey's Anatomy and Ghost Whisperer, bringing their total number of TV and film placements to well over 100. The lead single "I Was Made For Sunny Days" is out now. The album is available for pre-sale and in a variety of fan packages at theweepies.bigcartel.com.

The Weepies will be performing at two shows on the 2010 Lilith Tour (July 7 in San Diego and July 10 in Los Angeles) with more dates to follow soon, please see Tour Dates >>