Born and raised in Manhattan, Esther Crow is an award-winning singer, songwriter and climate activist. She is the cofounder of The Electric Mess, a garage-punk band formed in 2007 (which has recorded 5 albums, and toured throughout the U.S., and Europe) and the founder of Thunder & Sunshine, a rock band for kids formed in 2017. She started writing music for kids after the birth of her son, Vincent Crow, in 2013. Thunder & Sunshine, a 6 piece band with 3 female singers, released an album in 2017, which received an Award of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board. One song off the album, Monster in the Closet, was a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition in 2020. Venues they have played include: Joe's Pub (twice), Union Square's City Summer in the Square (twice), Governors Island, McCarren Park, Hippo Playground, Carl Schurz Park, Monty Hall, NJ, a live broadcast on WFMU's show, Double Dip Recess, and the Colony Club in Woodstock, NY. She released her first solo album for kids, All Together Now, produced by Grammy-award winner Dean Jones, on June 25th, 2021. She released a single on Earth Day in 2022 called Stuff!, which addresses overconsumption and encourages audiences to give away, or repurpose, their "stuff". She will release her next album, Listen Lead Love, on Earth Day, April 22nd, 2023. For more info, go to: https://esthercrow.com