WTMD is thrilled to present Young at Heart, a radio show for children and adults hosted by Lisa Mathews, the lead singer of Grammy-nominated Baltimore kids rock band Milkshake.
Young at Heart is a weekly show from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings – a time when, for better or worse, families with young children are usually awake.
Lisa’s first episode featured music from Wilco, David Bowie, Weezer and the White Stripes – as well as songs by Danny Weinkauf of They Might Be Giants, Lisa Loeb, Andrew & Polly and Walter Martin of the Walkmen.
Since first creating the show in March of 2018, Lisa has added special features to the great kid-friendly music. Talking Tunes is a short segment where Lisa chats with fellow bandmates Brian Simms and Tom Moon about a song the guys would like to talk about from the musicians’ point of view, followed by the tune itself. Song Bites finds a kindie artist talking about what inspired a particular song. Artist Interview is a 10-15 minute interview with an artist currently making music for kids and families. And smARTbeats is a special-to-Baltimore feature, where Lisa talks with a Young Audiences of Maryland Teaching Artist working in area schools to bring arts into the curriculum.
“I want Young at Heart to fit with WTMD and its beautifully indie perspective,” Mathews says. “I’d like to think we’re at our best when we’re young at heart — when we have a youthful outlook on life no matter what our age. I still like to ride the roller coaster, jump in rain puddles and eat toasted marshmallows. So listening to songs about taking a trip into space or the wonders of rainbows or eating lots of grapes rocks my world, and I hope it makes listeners smile while they start their day together.”
YOUNG AT HEART – An Interview With Kenny Curtis – Saturday, December 4
On this Saturday's Young at Heart, Lisa chats with one of the kindie music industry’s important supporters and promoters, Kenny Curtis. Kenny has worked in children’s TV and radio for over 20 years, hosting the [...]
YOUNG AT HEART – November 27
The holidays are here and for the next few shows, Young at Heart will be celebrating the season with kid-friendly songs about Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and winter in general. The festival of lights begins this [...]
YOUNG AT HEART – Annual Thanksgiving Show – Saturday, November 20.
On this Saturday's Young at Heart, we’ll celebrate the beginning of this holiday season with songs of thanks. Of gratitude. Of the great feeling we get when we simply think about all the things, and [...]
YOUNG AT HEART – Saturday, November 13
On this Saturday's Young at Heart Lisa's got kindie music from The Happy Racers, Jazzy Ash, Elliott Park, Koo Koo Kanga Roo and more. New Zealand's Claudia Robin Gunn and Australia's Charlie McGee both have [...]
YOUNG AT HEART – Saturday, November 6
On this Saturday's Young at Heart, Lisa will be playing songs that reflect some of the many emotions we humans feel – happiness, sadness, love, hate, anger – it’s all there in the music, which [...]
Young at Heart – Halloween Spooktacular – Saturday, October 30
Oh, I love Halloween! So much fun to have a legitimate reason to dress up and eat candy. Here's a great mix of kid-friendly and kindie music to get you in the mood. Be sure [...]