Secret Monkey Weekend welcome filmmaker (Family Band: The Cowsills Story), author, radio executive, comedy writer, and all 'round innovator Louise Palanker to the Do The Secret Monkey Podcast. From her website: "Louise Palanker is a writer, director, producer, filmmaker, author, photographer, comedian, podcaster, musician/songwriter, teacher, and co-founder of Premiere Radio Networks." https://www.louisepalanker.com

We chat with her about all of this. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/@louisepalanker

Secret Monkey Weekend are a family power pop trio from Durham NC. They have been playing live since sisters Ella and Lila were 13 and 8 years old. Papa Jefferson Hart (Jeff Hart) is a longtime mainstay in the NC Americana music scene. They have recorded two albums with producer Don Dixon (REM - Smithereens), the second one due out in 2025. PBS recently profiled the band. More on that below.

The Emmy Award winning PBS mini-feature on Secret Monkey Weekend https://youtu.be/xbBiy6lSzIw?si=DIOGQ9C6QE9dzFlq and https://video.pbsnc.org/video/secret-monkey-weekend-ukc7h8/

https://linktr.ee/secretmonkeyweekend http://www.secretmonkeyweekend.com http://youtube.com/secretmonkeyweekend http://www.facebook.com/secretmonkeyweekend http://www.instagram.com/secretmonkeyweekend

On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3yHOi73zNW69IHwW9GUQEX?si=B1wljj0VTgi2lXZl6GlnTw

On Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/secret-monkey-weekend/1606815318

Drums and vocals - Lila Brown Hart

Bass and vocal - Ella Brown Hart

Electric guitar and vocals - Jefferson Hart