ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE iNTERViEWS THE BRAMBLE JAM

JANUARY 4, 2010
KiDS ARE PEOPLE TOO!
JASON KERN OF THE BRAMBLE JAM
TALKS TO ROCKWiRED
ABOUT THEiR DEBUT CD MOVE YOUR BOOTS
AND MAKiNG CHiLDREN'S MUSiC WiTHOUT CONDESCENSiON

I don’t have to dig that deep to remember some of the kid-targeted music that I listened to enthusiastically with the rest of my kindergarten class thirty years ago. Thanks to those ditties, I know my vowels from my consonants and can add and subtract (I wish they had a song about long division!) Me being the dedicated bachelor that I am, I never give much thought to what tickles the eardrums of young tykes these days, but the New England-based THE BRAMBLE JAM have a better understanding as evidenced by their debut CD ‘MOVE YOUR BOOTS’. According to guitarist JASON KERN, this is children’s music without a hidden agenda or a purple dinosaur costume to hide underneath. “When we set out to write this album, we all agreed that we wanted to make something that wasn’t just a children’s album.” says KERN “We wanted this to be an album that had well crafted music and was something that could stand the test of time. We didn’t want it to be an educational thing and we didn’t want it to be sing-song-y. We also didn’t want to make something that was going to be grating on the nerves to hear over and over again. We wanted to create a set of songs that gives a nod to real musicians and also has a bit of humor for the parents so that they can keep it light and fun and listen to it over and over again. Thematically, I think that was our main focus.” (READ MORE)