The telecast starts at 5 p.m. today on CBS. Grammy.com will stream the “premiere ceremony” – for awards given out before the primetime show – starting at 12:30 p.m. Long before he became children’s ...

Any musician suffering from writer’s block could learn something from Chris Ballew. The frontman of Seattle’s goofy sons the Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) has been even giddier ...

“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.

Like many folks of a certain age, I have fond memories of the so-called alternative rock of the mid-'90s. The guitars, the earnest lyrics, the angst. Remember "The Freshmen," by The Verve Pipe — by ...

To hear Chris Ballew tell it, Caspar Babypants is a sacred undertaking. Ballew, who you may remember from his days with Seattle post-grunge power-pop act the Presidents of the United States of America ...

The North Olympic Library System will host three performances by Seattle native Chris Ballew in May. Ballew, a member of the band The Presidents of the United States of America, performs ...

Children’s music artist Caspar Babypants will perform at the Sequim and Port Angeles libraries today (Thursday). The Sequim performance will be at 10:30 a.m. at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls ...

Note: Chris Ballew said his shows are good for children aged infants to 6. As the former lead singer of the Presidents of the United States of America, Chris Ballew has experienced his fair share of ...

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 ...

Despite being world-famous and on top of his musical craft as the lead singer of The Presidents of the United States of America, Seattle’s Chris Ballew felt unsatisfied. Something told him there was ...

Friday, June 1 is National Doughnut Day, and Top Pot Doughnuts plan to celebrate in a big way. Mark Klebeck, Top Pot's co-founder, joined Caspar Babypants (aka Chris Ballew) to perform a song very ...

Robert Spano and Andrew Manze appear with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra Seattle and Seattle Chamber Singers offer a complete “The Three-Cornered Hat”; and Town Hall buzzes with May Day ...