PORT TOWNSEND — This is exactly who Chris Ballew wanted to be when he grew up. Caspar Babypants is a singer, guitarist, arranger, maker of 20 records. He is well-known on the North Olympic Peninsula, ...

“I phrase it as ‘the end of a long search,’” says Ballew, who has been writing and producing popular songs like “Stompy The Bear” and “The Stump Hotel” under the Caspar Babypants moniker for a decade.

After 13 years and 19 albums, Seattle’s beloved Caspar Babypants is retiring from children’s music. “I have 320 songs out as Caspar, and I think I’ve pretty much covered everything I’ve needed to ...

Long before he became children’s-music troubadour Caspar Babypants, Chris Ballew lived the dream as frontman for Seattle rock ‘n’ roll heroes The Presidents of the United States of America. Platinum ...

Music is one of those things we can always turn to, and I'm thankful for that. Our friends The Posies are playing Wednesday at The Neptune. Here are the Bellingham rockers live on KEXP in our ...