“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.

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 ...

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, ...

!–paging_filter–pLead singer for longstanding Seattle band Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA), Chris Ballew is also known as kindie rocker Caspar Babypants. This month, PUSA releases a ...

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 ...

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 ...