While we’re waiting for Dan Zanes to join our phone interview, Warren Zanes tells me about the brothers’ recent text exchange. Topic? Favorite Beach Boys album. Dan’s is “Beach Boys’ Party!,” which ...

Former lead singer of the indie-rock band the Del Fuegos, Dan Zanes. When he became a father he realized he couldn stomach the music for kids so started writing his own. He also formed the Rocket Ship ...

correctionA Feb. 11 Style article about Dan Zanes, a veteran rock musician who has become known for children's music, incorrectly attributed a quotation to Zanes. It was Jake Flack of the Rhodes ...

Before Warren Zanes was old enough to join his big brother’s band, the Del Fuegos, he was a student at Phillips Academy Andover. On any given night when the band was playing in Boston — and there were ...

When Dan Zanes led the new-wave garage-rock band the Del Fuegos in the mid-'80s, he was known more for his passion and spontaneity than his polish and precision, and the same is true of his popular ...

After a seven-year absence, Grammy Award-winning family musician Dan Zanes is returning to Long Island May 27 — and this time, he’s bringing his wife, Claudia, a Haitian American jazz singer, along to ...

Dan Zanes says there are advantages to performing music for children and families. "We can have a full-throttle dance party before lunchtime, and to me that's a step up from playing adult concerts," ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Zanes and Elizabeth Mitchell had only been playing for about 10 minutes when the stage was invaded. The first to appear was a stuffed lamb. Then a cuddly dinosaur. Then all hell ...

When critical acclaim dries up and the other members of your indie-rock band split, there’s no shame in funneling your creative pop energy into penning children’s songs. Like They Might Be Giants, ...