John Carlin grew up in New Rochelle, NY. He joined a rock band, signed a recording contract but later shifted gears into children’s music where he has become a much in-demand performer for children’s events and parties. John recently developed a pilot for a program The Kids Music Underground which includes his mother, Tony-Award winning actress France Sternhagen who still resides in New Rochelle. She plays Mrs. Mazzotti is the friendly shop owner of Mazzotti Music, a small music store in Brooklyn, NY where John works at, when he’s not teaching music classes to kids.
Join John and the KMU team (Yuki, Desmond, Pablo, and Genie), as John is magically transported to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to help a little girl feel better about her new school. The sights, sounds, rhythms, language, and foods of Brazil are celebrated and explored, as John visits a children’s samba school, attends the children’s Carnival parade, and samples foods from the local market, meeting many different and colorful characters along the way. Also starring Frances Sternhagen as Mrs. Mazzotti.