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Shaker Road Elementary Kids Create Countryfest 2013 Jingle For Schagticoke – Reading, Writing and Rhyming

Richie Phillips — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:10:05 +0000

Chalk up another fun and rewarding experience – this time working with students in Mrs. Bushey’s class at Shaker Road Elementary School in Colonie. Some extremely talented jingle writers were on hand, so I put them to work immediately to write a Countryfest song! As you might have heard (arrf arrf), Countryfest 2013 is coming [...]

Edinburg, You're Getting A Tune Too – It's Your Town Thursday

Richie Phillips — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:54:17 +0000

Here we go – yet another town I know precious little about. I guess I’m going to get “schooled” very quickly. I am asking for your help, Edinburgians! It’s Your Town Thursday Here’s a shot sent in by Lori Colvin. She has many more that will make the finished article, but first I need some [...]

Tell Me Everything About Colonie and I'll Write You A Song – Your Town Thursday

Richie Phillips — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:55:54 +0000

i’ll make this short and sweet. This is an open invitation for all of you folks who live in Colonie, NY (and there are many of you) to send in some information about this great little (?) town. I will then whip up a little theme song for you! Colonie, NY. Home of Colonie Center [...]

Richie Gets His Irish On in GNA Production Room [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:50:16 +0000

I was very upset this past Friday. We have just completed our “Open Line Friday” show, which is all well and good, but I didn’t get to say (or shall I say SING what was on MY mind), so I went into the GNA production studio and recorded this little video message for you The [...]

Green Meadow School is The Place To Be , and It's All In The Attitude – Reading, Writing and Rhyming [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:16:19 +0000

I had a fantastic time at the Green Meadow School in the Schodack/Castleton area today with my favorite little moonlighting job – the Readin’ Writing and Rhymin Tour. This appearance was actually a prize won at a fundraising event, (thanks Mrs. Bertrani!) so I wanted to make it special, and it was! First and foremost, [...]

Your Town Thursday Returns On the Sean and Richie Show – This Week It's Castleton

Richie Phillips — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:10:47 +0000

We gave this feature a break for the holidays, but now we are back full force. It’s Your Town Thursday, where your little corner of the earth becomes immortalized in song. This week, it’s Castleton -On-Hudson This is Castleton-On-Hudson. Ok, we know where it is now. That’s not quite enough information for a song however. [...]

YMCA Summer Camp With Readin', Writin' and Rhymin'

Richie Phillips — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:50:35 +0000

This is one of my all time favorite things to do – take the keyboard and go to a summer camp to record a “summer song” with kids. I had the opportunity to do that today, and it was awesome I visited the Southern Saratoga YMCA camp, thanks to an invite from Kim Relich, who [...]

Schuylerville – You Are the Next Whistle Stop On the Small Town Tour

Richie Phillips — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:48:10 +0000

We are having the time of our lives on the Sean and Richie Small Town Tour. We've visited Hoosick Falls , Victory Mills, and a town that's gone through more than all of these put together, Schoharie. Schuylerville will be the next stop this Friday, and I'd love to write a song with your help.

Richie Has Last Minute Availabilities To Visit Two Albany Area Schools: Reading, Writing, and Rhyming

Richie Phillips — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:52:52 +0000

I’m very excited to be able to offer this. It might be a first in the 17 years that I have been conducting the “Reading, Writing and Rhyming” school tour. See offer below – but you better act NOW It appears that two of the area schools that I had scheduled for appearances in [...]

Victory Mills – I Want To Write You A Theme Song, But Do You Still Exist?

Richie Phillips — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:24:25 +0000

I’m happy to be back from a great vacation, but chomping at the bit to write a new “Your Town Thursday” theme song. I had a request from a listener to do one for Victory Mills, but I have a question first. I know where it is. It’s in Saratoga County near Schuylerville. But I [...]

Stillwater Elementary Has Some Incredible Kids [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:34:45 +0000

I’m so sick to death of the media ripping schools apart for the things they don’t do right. You’d never know it in my book. Follow me now as we visit another great Albany area school and hear from some incredible kids on National Incredible Kids Day. I visited Mrs. Schuette and Ms Toleman’s combined [...]

Salem, New York Now Has A Theme Song: Your Town Thursday [AUDIO]

Richie Phillips — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:58:43 +0000

I had enough information for this town to write 5 songs. I love having that dilemma! Thanks to all of the junior high kids from Salem Central School for providing all kinds of facts about this great little place in the foothills of the Green Mountains (I learned that from the kids!). I really enjoyed [...]

Tom Lehrer Takeoff. It's The Bomb.

Richie Phillips — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:04:09 +0000

Does the name ring a bell? If it doesn't, go on Amazon or Itunes or maybe your local CD store (remember those?) and try one of his recordings. Tom Lehrer was a former Harvard math professor-turned-piano playing song satirist. He had a huge cult following in the '60s, writing about some of the controversial issues of the day.